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In reply to the discussion: Report: Chavez's cancer has 'entered the end stage' [View all]hack89
(39,171 posts)Last edited Thu May 31, 2012, 08:45 AM - Edit history (1)
he is still just another in a long line of South American strongmen. He led a failed military coup, his first act was to try to eliminate term limits so he could stay in office forever, he established a private army loyal only to him, and he holds up Castro and Cuba as a model emulate. He is not a supporter of democracy.
As for his people - he has given them skyrocketing crime rates with one of the highest murder rates in the world. There are food shortages and sky high inflation. Oil production which the country depends on has been steadily declining due to mismanagement and him driving away foreign investment. Greece shows us what happens when governments spend more than they have - that is what Chavez has done to Venezuela.