An unfortunate, but accurate quote from Hugo Chavez...

[Playinghardball]

[HiPointDem]

1. kr.

[elzenmahn]

2. I hate to admit it...

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...but Hugo was right, once again.

He knew where our priorities are.

[DeSwiss]

3. It is a bank.....

...with everything we've got in it. And everyone's an equal shareholder.

- K&R

[marble falls]

4. When you're right, you're right, and Chavez hit it on the button.

[apocalypsehow]

5. I used to really dislike Chavez, but my mind has been changed over the years, and a lot of

the reason why has to do with articles and commentary posted right here at DU. I'm still not a "fan" of his by any stretch of the imagination, but my view has moderated. It has definitely changed, and it was DU'ers posting articles and that commentary who helped change my mind.

This quote is spot-on.

[Zax2me]

6. Says the man who got rich in the name of the poor.

Hugo Chavez knew how to manipulate people by pulling strings -
Mostly political strings.
He could turn people into puppets.
For proof - well.....

[jtuck004]

8. This from a board which advocates for a party that has made banks rich on a stack of food stamps,

foreclosed homes, and personal tragedy seems a bit rich in itself.

[DeSwiss]

9. BAM!

- I love the smell of truth all times of the day!

[noiretextatique]

12. do you have a link to verify this claim?

I keep hearing this, but I cannot not find a credible source. Thanks.

[Starry Messenger]

14. It's been debunked.

http://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/15278/did-hugo-chavez-have-a-net-worth-of-2-billion-dollars-at-the-time-of-his-death

It seems to be that this claim originated from Criminal Justice International Associates (CJIA). They seem to have one person affiliated with their organization, the same person cited in the source, "Jerry Brewer". In the comments to the question, someone found their website. On it was a phone number which helped me find this site which they had made with Google. CJIA refers to itself as a A Global Threat Mitigation Firm, which seems vague and Stratfor-ish.

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He works as an expert witness on "complex law enforcement operational issues including death/homicide," needless to say at this point it seemed like making a claim about the wealth of the president of a foreign nation is out of his paygrade.

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There is no further mention in even this most recent document of Chávez's wealth. It is worth explicitly mentioning that it's pretty naive and shortsighted to say that an oil subsidy to Cuba resulted in a severe crippling of the Venezuela's economy.

Brewer seems to be eccentric character that doesn't like citing his facts. It seems consistent with his character and anti-Chávez positions to make such a statement, and also consistent not to cite that statement. I wouldn't put any weight in Brewer's authority and the statement is otherwise unsubstantiated.

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[noiretextatique]

15. thanks...and still it is a meme that Duers are posting

without any source. foolish people repeating stupid memes to support their crazy positions

[Dreamer Tatum]

7. Says the fucking hypocrite who literally sold greenhouse gases to the entire world

When your economy is based on fucking up the environment, it is probably wise to shut one's pie-hole.

I guess it's shut now, however.

[reorg]

11. advocating emission reductions which would reduce your revenue

is hypocrisy? I don't follow, please explain.

Per capita CO2 emissions in Venezuela are relatively modest, they rank somewhere around place 70:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_carbon_dioxide_emissions_per_capita

[Dreamer Tatum]

13. Um, so? How much oil does Venezuela ship out? nt

[idwiyo]

10. K&R