With less than ten days to crucial legislative elections Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez took the oath to the “Guardians of Chavez” a group of women tasked with the mission of defending the Bolivarian revolution and the permanence of the populist leader in office. Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rulesOk this has confirmed my suspicions Chavez is mad, and this man is held in high regards by Latin American leaders?
Sep 19th, 2010 - 07:53 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Its fucking Mugabe syndrome Latin American style!
Wikipedia puts it like this:
Sep 21st, 2010 - 09:53 pm - Link - Report abuse 0... It was Cecil Rhodes who originated the racist 'land grabs' to which Zimbabwe's current miseries can ultimately be traced. It was Rhodes who in 1887 told the House Of Assembly in Cape Town, South Africa that 'the native is to be treated as a child and denied the franchise. We must adopt a system of despotism in our relations with the barbarians of Southern Africa'.[46] According to Sweet, In less oratorical moments, he put it even more bluntly: 'I prefer land to niggers.'
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