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Here's Rudy Giuliani's opinion of Hugo Chavez:

https://www.spokesmanreview.com/ap/

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I could not imagine living in Venezuela at this time. They are heading for full blown Dictatorship or Communism:

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Communist...Dictator? Actually, I don't think I have seen the first without the second even though they may be dressed up to seem like a party and not a dictatorship (Lenin, Stalin, Mao, Jong Il...funny how we can always remember one specific name).

Chavez is quickly throwing this country into Socialism that is boardering on Communism with a Dictator (himself). He has already been given the ability to make any laws he see fit and you can see he is exercising this new found power. This is one heck of a turnaround of fortune for a guy that had a successful coup against him only to see him return to power...by the guys that organized the coup. The country is poor and stunts like this will carry well with his voting block, but not on the international stage. However, that doesn't seem to bother Chavez. He will throw out a few more "smell sulfur" comments and we will forget what he is doing as he takes the remainder of free enterprise/capitalism out of Venezuela.

I would love to know what he sold to remain in power back then during the coup. The coup was by the military as it usually is, but what did he give them in order to remain in power. I can only say that he needs to keep the poor happy with displays like this to stay in power and more importantly, he needs to continue to pacify the military and keep them nice and happy. Otherwise, it was pretty easy to overthrow him before and it probably wouldn't be that difficult now - if the military wanted to do it again.

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Chavez is a really scary guy. What he is doing in Venezuela is madness, he is so openly censoring the Media! It is such an unstable country to live Venezuela right now, I foresee many deaths in the hands of this guy since it seems that no one is able to criticize his government. Is the UN going to step in and do something?

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The only thing the UN would do is to place sanctions on Venezuela and we all know how well that works. Plus, it would be a nice thing for Chavez to complain about how the US run UN is trying to stop their progress towards the socialism that "they" want. I really don't think this guy is going anywhere until he shuts the wrong business down or steps on a military toe the wrong way.

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I do not think Chavez equals the rank of lets say Fidel, I think Chavez is just the front figure amongst a group of high ranking officials, probably military generals, who want just as much power as he does. I lived in Venezuela for some months at a time back in the late eighties and early nineties and I can tell you that the unrest has been the same then as it is now, the only difference I see now is that Chavez is trying to make everything government controlled to stabilize prices (Socialism) and then put breaks on the media (Dictatorship) by changing the constitution. The current situation reminds me of the military take over of Argentina only a few decades ago.

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Fidel does have that lengthy time record that Chavez can never match. However, at this point, he pretty much has government control of several key business sectors and is spreading that reach fairly quickly. He is exerting force on the media (shutting down those that oppose him - but not taking it over just yet), telecom, banking and soon will have total control of the oil. I am not sure how long he has this total free reign to make laws as he pleases, but who can take it away once given? That is the interesting part. Should he not give up this power, Venezuela will quickly go to a Communist dictatorship...just like Cuba. He does love and praise Fidel doesn't he? I do hope my vision of what is going to happen is incorrect, but I have to admit, it would be awfully hard to give up all that power after you have it for a while. Especially for someone as charasmatic as Chavez.

Rather off topic, but... The more I talk about him...this faint smell of sulfur hits the room!

Edited: Vincenzo on 1st Jun, 2007 - 1:43am

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Conspiracy Theory rumor has it (I'll find a link later) that Russia is building a factory for automatic weapons (AK-47 type) in Venezuela, and that the Iranians are helping Chavez with a military weapons program - long-range missiles, warheads, etc...

Chavez is setting the stage for major events in Venezuela, and all the Americas. Something to watch, for sure.