In a surprise return Chavez is back in Venezuela singing and saying he’s “fine”

Monday, July 4th 2011 - 17:22 UTC

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Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez made a surprise homecoming on Monday after cancer surgery in Cuba and declared himself “fine” despite speculation he may still require lengthy treatment. Read full article

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Think
With his 'Comandante' back on Venezuelan soil, a delirious Think went outsdide and, facing Caracas, thousands of km. away he chanted: “He's back! He's back!”
Jul 04th, 2011 - 05:52 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Pedro
Cristina must also be deliriously happy that Comrade Chaves is back. Its election time you know - without Comandante coming back, where would the next misterious million dollar suitcase come from?
Jul 04th, 2011 - 08:52 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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jerry
Maybe she will just borrow it “under the table” from her friend Shocklender. He seems to have plenty!
Jul 04th, 2011 - 10:13 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Redhoyt
The Dictator is back !
Jul 04th, 2011 - 11:20 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Think
We are all “Dancing in the Streets”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7y-x2fWKbmo
Jul 04th, 2011 - 11:37 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Sergio Vega
Except the poor Venezuelans.....that are trying to live as they deserve with.... honor and peace.
Jul 05th, 2011 - 02:20 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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axel arg
REDHOYT. The dictator is back.
It's lamentable how ignorant and misinformed are planty of you, and finaly you buy all the partial information that you read in the websites of your countries.
You can desagree with chaves's policy's, in my case i would never vote him surelly, but only an ignorant like you can call dictator some one who was elected by the popular vote in diferent oportunities, if venezuela is living a dictatorship, ¿how is it posible that most newspapers and chanels are against chave's government?, ¿what is what can't be told in venezuela?, let me remind you that during our dictatorship, all the chanels were in the hands of the junta, the censure was used all the time, in fact only the buenos aires herald, and diario la prensa denounced the cases of desapeared people, the directors of those newspapers had to inmigrate from argentina because they were threathened, that's a dictatorship, not chave's government, learn it, and dont keep on being so ignorant.
Jul 05th, 2011 - 07:39 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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ElaineB
LOL! @7 You are saying that the Argentine dictatorship was better than other dictatorships? : )
Jul 05th, 2011 - 08:38 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Redhoyt
Gaius Julius Caesar was a populist. And a Dictator.

There is no democracy in Venezuela, it is regarded as a 'hybrid regime' and the army has made it very clear that there is only one candidate for President.

Benign/populist ..... a Dictator just the same.

Open your eyes!
Jul 06th, 2011 - 02:17 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Think
(9) Hoyt

The ballots of Venezuela contradict you repeatedly.......
Be a good democrat and accept the ballots.....
You are a democrat?
Are you?
:-)
Jul 06th, 2011 - 03:20 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Redhoyt
I AM a good democrat Think .... it's making sure that the turnips get the right answer that is the problem :-)

But balanced ballots require a level playing field and it is not I who has concluded that Venezuela has no democracy. 'Hybrid Regime' is just another term for 'Clever Dictatorship'.
Jul 06th, 2011 - 05:34 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Think
(11) Redhoyt

”Balanced ballots require a level playing field” you say.
Well…
That’s exactly what’s happening today in South America.

The 70 - 80% of our population, the poor, the indigenous, the workers are leveling the playing field and voting their leaders in through free, fair and peaceful, democratic elections.

It’s happening in Venezuela.
It’s happening in Ecuador.
It’s happening in Peru.
It’s happening in Uruguay.
It’s happening in Brazil.
It’s happening in Paraguay.
It’s happening in Argentina.
It will definitely happen again in Chile in 2014.
And our long lost brother, Colombia, is not so far away any more.

Get used to it!
Jul 06th, 2011 - 05:53 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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axel arg
ELAINE B. REDHOYT.
ELAINE B. What i wanted to express is that there is not any dictaorship in venezuela, you can desagree with chave's policies but no body can say that the country is living a dictaorship, i already explained why.
REDHOYT. This is evident that you never lived any dictatorship, you only have the tipical ignorant argument that rejects populisem, chaves is not the only one candidat, there are candidats in the oponent politic parties, but we should wonder why, in spite that chaves is a very controvertible politician, he still wins the elections, it's a very interesting issue to study.
Beside none dictator is going to call to a referendum like he did, i insist also that a dictatorship doesen't have all the media agains it's government, learn it, we lived true dictatorships in argentina, not venezuela.
Jul 06th, 2011 - 08:14 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Think
OMG
I forgot Bolivia!

It’s happening in Venezuela.
It’s happening in Ecuador.
It’s happening in Peru.
It’s happening in Bolivia.
It’s happening in Uruguay.
It’s happening in Brazil.
It’s happening in Paraguay.
It’s happening in Argentina.
It will definitely happen again in Chile in 2014.
And our long lost brother, Colombia, is not so far away any more.

Get used to it!
Jul 06th, 2011 - 09:10 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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