The Chavez Victory
Hugo Chavez won the referendum in Venezuela. Clearly and decisively. But, of course, the opposition is already predicting that such a victory will only make worse his "authoritarian rule". But what authoritarian rule are they talking about? Chavez has been elected in free elections and won the referendum a few days ago in free elections as well.
Some simply do not want to face reality. The majority of people in Venezuela support Chavez strongly. Maybe for good reasons. Is it maybe because he has been good for that country? Is that is why the majority there supports him.
Here Chavez remains "demonized". His demonization started by the Bush regime. They called him anti-American, anti-democrat and various other names. But is he? If being anti-Bush and anti-Bush policies qualifies someone as anti-American, how about the tens of millions of Americans that could not stand Bush and his policies?
I dont know what would happen with the Venezuelan experiment. Time will tell whether Chavez will fail or not. One thing is clear though. Whether you like you agree with him or not, Chavez respects democracy and he has the support of his people. And we have to assume that they know better what is good for Venezuela than us here.
Some simply do not want to face reality. The majority of people in Venezuela support Chavez strongly. Maybe for good reasons. Is it maybe because he has been good for that country? Is that is why the majority there supports him.
Here Chavez remains "demonized". His demonization started by the Bush regime. They called him anti-American, anti-democrat and various other names. But is he? If being anti-Bush and anti-Bush policies qualifies someone as anti-American, how about the tens of millions of Americans that could not stand Bush and his policies?
I dont know what would happen with the Venezuelan experiment. Time will tell whether Chavez will fail or not. One thing is clear though. Whether you like you agree with him or not, Chavez respects democracy and he has the support of his people. And we have to assume that they know better what is good for Venezuela than us here.
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