Chavez announces fund in support of Venezuelan business to export to Mercosur
Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez announced the creation of a strategic fund geared to support public and private exports to Mercosur, following his confirmation that he will fly to Brazil for the formal incorporation of his country as a full member of the block that also includes Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and suspended Paraguay.
“I’ve ordered the creation of a strategic fund of several hundred million dollars to support Venezuelan private companies with an export oriented profile and also government corporations”, said Chavez speaking on national television.
Venezuela is expected to be formally admitted to Mercosur as full member at the end of the month in Rio do Janeiro. A decision which is considered controversial since it was agreed following Paraguay’s suspension, the only country which continued to veto the incorporation, and under Mercosur rules all decisions, even more when referred to new members, must be agreed by consensus.
Paraguay was suspended from Mercosur following the political impeachment and removal of President Fernando Lugo. The sanction is extensive until new elections are held scheduled for April 2013.
“We faced all kinds of obstacles, a thousand obstacles, the last of which that authoritarian pro-yank enclave and enemy of South American integration which was encysted in the Paraguayan Senate: they were asking millions of dollars to say yes, but that didn’t happen because I won’t be blackmailed”, said Chavez.
“I would have liked the (incorporation) process not to have evolved this way, but Paraguay was suspended and the only obstacle in the way, for years, was out”.
Finally Chavez emphasized that Mercosur opens doors and great opportunities for Venezuelan production, for the economy to keep growing: “Are we going to Brazil? Of course we are delighted to attend the ceremony in Rio do Janeiro, a historic event”.
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Interesting, I knew they were an authoritarian pro-Yank enclave but now it comes out they were utterly corrupt too
You've gotta love Hugo.
NB Where is his evidence that Paraguay wanted a bribe or did he just make that up?
and the country in yellow, is next in line to be anext.
He needs a good kicking so he can learn his place in the world.
Chávez's place in the world is six feet under!!!!
Top comment once again there from the hard hitting deep thinking Simon! lots to take in, I think I'll wondering long and hard tonight how the hell your not a Political analyst for the BBC?
Gracias, Grone.
Caracas...Sao Paolo...Montevideo......Buenos Aires
air...bus...routes ....
BBC News
17 July 2012
The abuse of power by the Venezuelan government under President Hugo Chavez has increased over the past four years, according to Human Rights Watch.
READ MORE:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-18867310
This is the HRW report:
www.hrw.org/reports/2012/07/17/tightening-grip-0
Horrific reading!!!!
Where are these cowards /Stupid secret services' tools
Where are Human Rights ?
“” One out of every 132 Americans behind the bars in USA “”
Your grammar there is so poor that I doubt any native English speaker will understand the point you are trying to make.
Try again.
But the world would be a duller place without him. He is great comedy value, a reliable clown. I love the way he “orders” things to be done. Like the way he ordered the setting up of a car factory to make cars affordable for all Venezuelans. I think they made a few hundred that all broke down before they got to the forecourt and were way more expensive than better imports. Imagine a Caribbean built Lada and you get the picture.
Go Hugo! The silver lining to your cloud is that you are a living example of how to squander wealth and opportunity. Your legacy will be studied all over the world. It just won’t be the legacy you wished for.
The goal of whataboutism, not to be confused with an appropriate comparison, isn't to convince those directly debating the issue, but to create doubt in third-party audiences.
So if the issue diverts to become a comparison of violent criminality (it isn't), a suitable whataboutism rejoinder could be to see that Venezuela's homicide rate is far higher than that of the United States.
References:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_intentional_homicide_rate#2010s
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whataboutism
Wikipedia US origin covered propaganda machine.
Dont be obsessed with them.
Your nicked my son
If you have information that contradicts Wiki sources, would be most grateful if you would reference those? Otherwise, your criticism forms a part of the propaganda process itself in seeking to discredit sources without offering valid alternative sources.
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