RE: [microsound] OT See men shredded, then say you don't back war

["Eloy Anzola" <eloy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Wasn't Chavez ELECTED by a majority of voters?

Yes, he was. Twice.

He has since become increasingly autocratic.
Today he behaves like a dictator.

Personal prosecutions, treats, kidnappings, bombings,
TV and radio stations shut down, currency controls...

http://hrw.org/press/2003/02/venezuela021903.htm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/2827273.stm
http://washingtontimes.com/op-ed/20030306-19312618.htm
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N10230540
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/02/21/opinion/21FRI2.html?ex=1046408400
http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/PEstory/TGAM/20030207/IBVENE
/Business/business/businessInternationalHeadline_temp/1/1/4/
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/talking_point/2549601.stm
http://www.terra.com.ve/actualidad/galeria/galeriacat733.htm

.... I'm sure you can find much more info...

This a rather sophisticated issue, one, I'm afraid,
I won't have much time to discuss... -- and which
probably doesn't really belong in this forum.

cheers,

Eloy
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-----Original Message-----
From: dbuchwald [mailto:dagmar.buchwald@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2003 1:17 PM
To: microsound
Subject: Re: [microsound] OT See men shredded, then say you don't back
war

Wasn't Chavez ELECTED by a majority of voters?  Or were there
manipulations?

Dagmar

Eloy Anzola wrote:
>
> Dragmar, Everyone.
>
> The government in Venezuela, today, is not
> democratic.
>
> cheers,
>
> Eloy Anzola
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dbuchwald [mailto:dagmar.buchwald@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2003 12:42 PM
> To: microsound
> Subject: Re: [microsound] See men shredded, then say you don't back war
>
> No one questions the inhumanity and brutality of Saddam Hussein.  The
> U.S. government brought him into power.  Now they are trying to get rid
> of him.  For reasons of humanity?  I doubt it.  If it was for
> humanitarian reasons, they wouldn't help to install a military
> dictatorship in Venezuela and undermine the democratic government there.
>
> All right, go to war. But who will die?  Civilians.  American soldiers.
> Not Saddam.  Who is next?
>
> Dagmar
>
> "::)" wrote:
> >
> > http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3284-614607,00.html
> >
> > ----------------------------------------------------------------
> > jinjin_a_gogo: i wonder what he's listening to in those bigass
headphones
> > while's he's spinning this shit for us
> >
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