Chavez lavish celebration of aborted coup with troops hailing the “Socialist fatherland’

Monday, February 6th 2012 - 06:55 UTC

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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez mounted a lavish celebration to mark the 20th anniversary of the failed coup that helped launch his political career, as opposition leaders slammed the event as a blemish on the country's democracy. Read full article

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ChrisR
What is it with the LatAm's about celebrating defeat / failure?

Patagonia are going to issue a medal to the 'veterans of the 1982 war', now designated a 'Military Adventure' WHICH THEY LOST!

OK, if they gave medals for 'wars' that they won, nobody would get any. Specially since the last genocide of the indians of the dessert left no other unarmed poor souls that modern day Argentina can murder (oh! sorry! triumph over).

This bunch would be funny if it wasn't so serious.
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briton
in every bar, you will always find a nut,
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