Things look grim in venezuela

[Hillbilly]

Apparent coup d 'etat in Venezuela. My sister in law says things can;t get too much worse...Talk about stupid goverment, Chavez make Hippo look smart...and that takes some doing.

HB, keep tuned

[Pib]

Brazil elects James Bond for president, soon after he gets kicked out and banned from running again.

Ecuador gets a "funny" president. Gets himself kicked out for "reason of insanity".

Mexican ex-president accused of theft and brother ends up in jail for involvement in the assasination of favorite candidate for elections (among many other things).

Peru decides to try the modern version of a dictator. Guy decides to stay in power, when kicked Peruvians find out he held another passport.

Argentina... you know.

Venezuela stick head in rear end and elect someone who had himself been involved in a coup before. Talk about democracy. Guy meets Fidel and Ghadafi and called them "brothers". Guy has the charisma of Ghadafi, the talent of Hipolito and the democratic values of Fidel. Few are surprised.

... and now The Simpsoms.

[Isaac Green]

If this is true isn't it funny how he has been
out foxxed by the same establishment that he was once a part of?

[MommC]

Also cannot "load" El Nacional" newspaper or the Venezuelan E-News English service.

What more can you tell us????

[Ken]

Not surprising. He was elected in a democratic election but has ruled as a virtual dictator ever since. I was in Venezuela at time of the campaign and election of Chavez. The poor people put him into office; also disgust with things done by the established parties in the past.

Venezuela has great potential but is crying out for good leadership.

[eric]

Wasn't Tiger this guys biggest fan?I remember reading all those posts two months ago,about how Hugo Chaves was supposed to be this great leader.He was the savior of the poor,and the leader of the revolution.The states were supposedly shaking in thier boots over this guy(because you know we have to keep the brown man down) blah,blah,blah.I can hear it now,"its the C.I.A man!"."The states want thier oil!" "Its a conspiracy man!" Take another hit and pass it along.This Chaves clown is just another tin horn dictator.He talked a good game,then he couldn"t back it up.His latest gig was to take farms away from the farmers,and give it to the people.(where have I heard that one before?).The farmers that have owned and worked the land were not going to have any of that.I was reading how they were forming armed resistance to keep what was thiers.They were assassinating government officials who were behind the land grabs.Good!I hope they string his commie ass up in the middle of the square in Caracas!

[MommC]

Not even CNN......just got back from Guilia's and there is nothing yet on the major networks....maybe on the 11 o'clock news. They did find a spanish language station that is broadcasting live film and footage and analysts reports from Venezuela, Peurto Rico, Dominican Republic and Maryland.
The focus at the moment is on the airport where it seems that the First lady is leaving and probably Chavez with her.
Bets at the coffee shop are that he's coming to be with his good friend (buddy-buddy) Hippolito........... The difference is even Hippo wouldn't try to take land from the owners here to give to the people!! These two are so similar in mentality that it's scary!!

[bob saunders]

Fox has a story on it
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,50052,00.html.

[PJT]

Wonder if William Bratton, formerly of the Boston and New York PD's has in his formula to improve the Caracas Police crime slashing programs a section on how to stop a coup d 'etat? Regards, PJT

[MommC]

also has a story on it in the international section of the website.....
It'll be interesting to see where Chavez does end up!

Also check out http://www.globovision.com/index3.php for live coverage.......in Spanish!