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Maduro says he is a ‘Kirchnerite president’ and Venezuela’s ‘second Peronist president’

Thursday, May 9th 2013 - 05:25 UTC
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President Nicolas Maduro said he was a ‘Kirchnerite president’ and the ‘second Peronist president’ of Venezuela during a political rally with Argentine trade unions and militant groups in a packed Buenos Aires stadium to recall the figures of the deceased Hugo Chavez and Nestor Kirchner. Read full article

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  • Anglotino

    Perhaps Maduro should just be Maduro and stop flaunting his inferiority complex.

    May 09th, 2013 - 06:12 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Steveu

    That's it for Venezuela then!

    Completely fecked!

    May 09th, 2013 - 06:15 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Think

    TWIMC
    Americas Summit 2005.
    A moment to remember…
    The message was delivered…..
    Clear, loud and directly; to the highest priest…..
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTH8BUNaQBo

    May 09th, 2013 - 06:34 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Gordo1

    From being the Chief Clown in the circus that is Venezuela Maduro is now the (temporary) ringmaster!

    I am looking forward to the day when he will be back driving the bus!

    May 09th, 2013 - 09:47 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • reality check

    Well that's the oil sorted out, now all they have to do is get it there and refine it.

    Wonder how the repairs are coming along?

    May 09th, 2013 - 10:04 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • screenname

    That's a very familiar salute that the pair of them are doing in the top picture.

    Kirchner by name...

    May 09th, 2013 - 10:09 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • reality check

    @6
    “KLOP!”

    May 09th, 2013 - 10:20 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Beef

    Think - I am still looking for a reference for your economic methodology. Can you point me in the right direction?

    May 09th, 2013 - 10:20 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • British_Kirchnerist

    Well, first there was British Kirchnerist, now there's Venezuelan Kirchnerist =) I'm confident the Argentine workers will listen to the wise advice of this great socialist and trade unionist, not the siren calls of the scab Moyano, and stick with the lovely Cristina =)

    May 09th, 2013 - 11:03 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • LEPRecon

    I'm sure Cristina will be delighted at this, until Maduro says, by the way you owe us billions of US dollars. We expect payment by.....next Sunday.

    The Venezuelan people need that money for themselves, not to squander away on CFK.

    Perhaps CFK believes that it will buy her time, but it's probably already too late. It's looking increasingly likely that she'll be out of office soon...

    May 09th, 2013 - 11:10 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Think

    (8) Beef
    You say...:
    “Think - I am still looking for a reference for your economic methodology. Can you point me in the right direction?”

    I say...:
    DYOR....
    But you could try Economy Nobel Prize winner Joseph Stiglitz, for starters.......;-)

    May 09th, 2013 - 11:27 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Falkland Islands

    The Uneconomical Idiotic Nobel Prize winner is........... Think.

    May 09th, 2013 - 12:18 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Tobers

    Jesus they're nauseating

    May 09th, 2013 - 12:26 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • TomKey

    Socialism here we come! When will the poeple wake up, never I guess.

    May 09th, 2013 - 01:00 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Fbear

    Sounds to me like the man says whatever it takes. And given the disarray in which Argentina finds itself currently, I am not sure I would wish to be identified with its perpetrator and the “Widder Kirhner.”Looks like SHE's doing ok, though, no matter how many of her folks aree living on the streets of Buenos Aires.

    May 09th, 2013 - 01:03 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • British_Kirchnerist

    #10 I don't think he'll pull the plug on his lovely comrade Cristina. On the other hand, if you guys' dream comes true and the old oligarchy come back in Argentina, maybe THEN he'll pull the plug and the bastards will be screwed; another reason for not bringing back the neoliberals methinks!

    May 09th, 2013 - 01:20 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Pirate Love

    “Maduro says he is a ‘Kirchnerite president’ and Venezuela’s ‘second Peronist president’”

    I though he said he is “Chavez”? ,voices in his head..... much?

    May 09th, 2013 - 02:26 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Tobers

    They just spout whichever hero worship 'revolution' bollocks seems right at the time

    May 09th, 2013 - 03:42 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Anbar

    When he says “Kirchnerite, doe he mean ”I'm gonna Make myself RICH at YOUR expense“

    or doe she just mean

    ”I'm going to RUIN our country!”

    or both..?

    May 09th, 2013 - 03:49 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • LEPRecon

    @16- BK

    So you are saying that Maduro should let his people starve so CFK can continue to feck up her own country, and stuff her own bank accounts?

    Maduro isn't Chavez. He's weak, and all it'll take is a quiet word in his ear from the military, or a big push by the opposition (which may still overturn the result of the election), and he'll fold like a pack of cards.

    Then it'll be “Argentina, we want our money NOW, with FULL interest.”

    By the way, CFK screwed Argentina when she accepted the absurd interest rates Chavez demanded for the loans.

    So not only will the PEOPLE of Argentina continue paying for the last default, they'll also have to pay for this default too.

    And everyday the debt is delayed, the larger that debt gets.

    @19 Anbar

    I believe he means both.

    May 09th, 2013 - 04:02 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • GeoffWard2

    “We have to thank God for having been part of that crusade of two giants of America, such where Nestor Kirchner and Hugo Chavez ...”
    (Maduro)

    I am unsure whether Maduro includes Canada and the USA in 'America', if so, these two real giants knock the dead NK & the dead HC into the bottom division. There are any number of North Americans that tower over these two dead aberrant South Americans.

    ... And, considering most of Venezuela's trade is with the USA, calling George Bush 'the devil himself' does nothing for his country's trade needs.

    It may be that the problem exemplified by this article is that it is illiterate in translation.
    That may be a Mercopress problem, but my guess is that it is a Maduro problem and the original words are illiterate.

    May 09th, 2013 - 04:30 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Philippe

    Elementary arithmetic teaches that 1 kichnerite president + 1 peronist president
    equals 1 president not “maduro.”

    Philippe

    May 09th, 2013 - 04:44 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • ChrisR

    Looks to me like Maduro was angling to shag TMBOA just like the little bird did.

    Wonder if he made it? Ugh, the mental picture.

    May 09th, 2013 - 04:58 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • tapestry-of-grapes

    I'm amazed by how stupid these people are.

    May 09th, 2013 - 05:34 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Conqueror

    So Kirchner and Chavez were “giants”. I trust he remembers that Chavez ruined Venezuela's economy, whilst Kirchner did much the same for argieland. Of course, Kirchner was “special”. Instead of just destroying the infrastructure and thinking up unnecessary grandiose “projects”, he stole as well. The new “era” has begun. Runaway inflation, massive debts, poverty. All good for the “population”. So Maduro is a Peronist and a Kirchnerite as well! As Steveu says “Fcuked!” Mercosur is, of course, already a “magnet” for the continent. Let's take a look. Aren't there more non-members than members? Especially now that it has shown it is anti-democratic, the “magnet” appears to be at the bottom of a drain!
    “to the 200 years of history and the men who in these years have known how to confront events of history. Let us toast for our countries”. Good idea. Let's toast those men. Should we make a list of those “men” and women who have confronted the events of history and turned latin american “countries” into centres of excellence. For corruption, criminality, deparavity, genocide, incompetence, larceny, mendacity, stupidity, etc. Is Maduro starting to look like Stalin?

    May 09th, 2013 - 06:15 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • briton

    Aparently CFK has asked for a little shopping list,
    1, money
    2, ships
    3 planes
    4, missiles
    5, more money
    ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
    he say,? Whats it worth to you ??????

    May 09th, 2013 - 07:17 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Beef

    So Think, let me get this right. You are suggesting that Joseph Stiglitz would suggest the right way to devalue the Argie Peso is for the Argie gvt and a few select producers (I assume you mean private ones as YPF is a basket case) to have a chat and come up with a number (I assume you mean a fixed rate otherwise there will be so many meetings that both your producers and gvt will get even crapper).

    I say you have just plucked that bollocks out of the same thin air your gvt uses to inform policy.

    Have you got the Marcos gene switched on today?

    May 09th, 2013 - 10:04 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Pete Bog

    ”I am the second Peronist president in Venezuela”.

    And Peron learned from his mates Mussolini and Hitler-and you claim to be a socialist?

    And ditch the tashe you Saddam Hussein lookalike competition winner.

    May 09th, 2013 - 11:08 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Ayayay

    @16 Or maybe they could look to Singapor, the free market country where the poorest are pretty wealthy and comfortable.

    May 10th, 2013 - 05:10 am - Link - Report abuse 0

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