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Why Washington Hates Hugo Chavez
January 02, 2011 06:20 AM EST
views: 41 | 2 people recommend this | comments: 1 In late November, Venezuela was hammered by torrential rains and flooding that left 35 people dead and roughly 130,000 homeless. If George Bush had been president, instead of Hugo Chavez, the displaced people would have been shunted off at gunpoint to makeshift prison camps--like the Superdome--as they were following Hurricane Katrina. But that's not the way Chavez works. The Venezuelan president quickly passed "enabling" laws which gave him special powers to provide emergency aid and housing to flood victims. Chavez then cleared out the presidential palace and turned it into living quarters for 60 people, which is the equivalent of turning the White House into a homeless shelter. The disaster victims are now being fed and taken care of by the state until they can get back on their feet and return to work.
The details of Chavez's efforts have been largely omitted in the US media where he is regularly demonized as a "leftist strongman" or a dictator. The media refuses to acknowledge that Chavez has narrowed the income gap, eliminated illiteracy, provided health care for all Venezuelans, reduced inequality, and raised living standards across he board. While Bush and Obama were expanding their foreign wars and pushing through tax cuts for the rich, Chavez was busy improving the lives of the poor and needy while fending off the latest wave of US aggression.
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2006/11/15/18330010.php
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The details of Chavez's efforts have been largely omitted in the US media where he is regularly demonized as a "leftist strongman" or a dictator. The media refuses to acknowledge that Chavez has narrowed the income gap, eliminated illiteracy, provided health care for all Venezuelans, reduced inequality, and raised living standards across he board. While Bush and Obama were expanding their foreign wars and pushing through tax cuts for the rich, Chavez was busy improving the lives of the poor and needy while fending off the latest wave of US aggression.
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2006/11/15/18330010.php
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Why Hugo Chavez is My Number One Hero
This article appears in the current edition of Because People Matter, a Sacramento area progressive newspaper.
by Dan Bacher
Hugo Chavez, the feisty leftist president of Venezuela, delivered one of the most electrifying speeches ever given to the United Nations when he called G.W. Bush “the devil” before the General Assembly on September 20.
The great speech, combined with Chavez’s previous history of making fun of Bush and Condoleeza Rice in his speeches and his commitment to serving the poor of Venezuela and the world, makes Chavez my number one hero in the world during a time when heroes are hard to find.
“Yesterday the devil came here,” said Chavez. “Right here,” crossing himself. “And it smells of sulphur still today.”
Chavez accused Bush of “talking as if he owned the world” and said “we could call a psychiatrist to analyze yesterday’s statement made by the president of the United States,” referring to Bush’s speech before the U.N. the day before.
Hugo Chavez, the feisty leftist president of Venezuela, delivered one of the most electrifying speeches ever given to the United Nations when he called G.W. Bush “the devil” before the General Assembly on September 20.
The great speech, combined with Chavez’s previous history of making fun of Bush and Condoleeza Rice in his speeches and his commitment to serving the poor of Venezuela and the world, makes Chavez my number one hero in the world during a time when heroes are hard to find.
“Yesterday the devil came here,” said Chavez. “Right here,” crossing himself. “And it smells of sulphur still today.”
Chavez accused Bush of “talking as if he owned the world” and said “we could call a psychiatrist to analyze yesterday’s statement made by the president of the United States,” referring to Bush’s speech before the U.N. the day before.
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