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   Clark Kent said, 2 months ago

   I guess they have RWNJ’s up in Canada too.
   …………………………………………………………
   RIP señor Chavez. Viva Venezuela. Vive las personas
   pobres de Venezuela.
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   wolfhoundblues1 said, 2 months ago

   He was a thief. He enabled others to steal property from farmers. They are too stupid and/ or lazy to do any effective farming. Therefore the people of Venezuela are going to starve.
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   Rx71Wm29 said, 2 months ago

   One of a kind? Not likely. Socialist systems produce this kind of dictator as a matter of course. Another will take his place who may be worse then him.
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   onguard said, 2 months ago

   He hated America, and he loved Obama…..Hummm.
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   Ms. Ima said, 2 months ago

   The mourners loved ‘free stuff’. If they can wait a few years, they can elect O as their lifetime leader. He hates oil, though.
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   mikefive said, 2 months ago

   @Clark Kent

   Ah yes, Clark. Chavez did a lot for Venezuela. He gave them:
   ► 23% average per year inflation rate. (30% currently)
   ► Drop in foreign investestment (fell from 2.9% GDP to 1.7%)
   ► Tripled the country’s debt
   ► Stock capitalization that went from 7.6% GDP to 1.6%
   ► A drop in GDP growth from around 18% in 2004 to around 3% in 2011.
   ► A 2/3 drop in the value of its currency.
   ► Capital flight to other countries.
   ► Price caps which have resulted in
   • Electrical brown outs and black outs
   • Food shortages
   • Housing shortages
   • shortages of other basic necessities.
   ► A drop in oil production from 3.2 million barrels a day to 2.5 million.
   ► A murder rate of 45.1 per 100,000 with 96% going unpunished.
   ► A significant drop in the labor participation rate.
   ► Expropriated farm land and gave it to people who don’t know how to farm.
   ♦
   There is more, but I think this list is long enough to make a point. Venezuela has become another example of the non-functionality of socialism.
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   eepatt said, 2 months ago

   @Rx71Wm29

   Dictator? He was elected in relatively free elections more than once.
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   Night-Gaunt49 said, 2 months ago

   Chavez also lowered the number of poor by 30% in just a few years. Unprecedented. He was no dictator by he did have some authoritarian actions which I did not agree with.
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   skipcarlsen said, 2 months ago

   Unfortunately no, we’ve still got Obama!
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    Ms. Ima said, 2 months ago

    @mikefive

    A liberal’s wet dream dictator.
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    Ms. Ima said, 2 months ago

    @Night-Gaunt49

    So how does one exactly lower the number of poor? By making fewer rich people?
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    ansonia said, 2 months ago

    Chavez accomplished in Venezuela what Democrats want here. He silenced a TV station, Radio Caracas Television, that was critical of his regime. He refused to renew the broadcast license of the only TV station in Venezuela that was broadcast nationwide. He said he was “democratizing” the public’s airways. He said that the station was a threat to the country.
    .
    Venezuelans protested Chavez’ actions. He’ll tolerate some protests before the gunfire starts.
    .
    Reasons for a government controlled media:
    “To promote the regime in a favorable light.
    To vilify opposition to the government by launching smear campaigns.
    To give skewed coverage to opposition view
    To act as a mouthpiece to advocate a regime’s ideology”
    .
    Sounds a lot like today’s Mainstream Media outlets. And all the Fox-fearing Leftists.
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    Joe said, 2 months ago

    @Rx71Wm29

    You got it backwards – this kind of dictator produces “socialist” systems. BIG difference. A truly socialist system would produce NO dictators. Fascists call themselves socialists..it’s a great cover.
    This guy was a sleazy little megalomaniac. Read the New Yorker on Venezuela.
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    Joe said, 2 months ago

    @onguard

    He loved Castro more.
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    David said, 2 months ago

    @Ms. Ima

    Was the second movie called “Dumber still”?
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