Greg Palast: Pat and Hugo: The Real Story - Part 1

[Wetzelbill]

Pat and Hugo: The Real Story - Part 1
Rev. Robertson's Call to Assassinate Hugo Chavez
Baltimore Chronicle - reprint
Tuesday, August 23, 2005

WHY DICK CHENEY WON'T PLAY IN HUGO CHAVEZ' BAND

There's so much BS and baloney thrown around about Venezuela that I may be violating some rule of US journalism by providing some facts. Let's begin with this: 77% of Venezuela's farmland is owned by 3% of the population, the 'hacendados.'

I met one of these farmlords in Caracas at an anti-Chavez protest march. Oddest demonstration I've ever seen: frosted blondes in high heels clutching designer bags, screeching, "Chavez - dic-ta-dor!" The plantation owner griped about the "socialismo" of Chavez, then jumped into his Jaguar convertible.

That week, Chavez himself handed me a copy of the "socialist" manifesto that so rattled the man in the Jag. It was a new law passed by Venezuela's Congress which gave land to the landless. The Chavez law transferred only fields from the giant haciendas which had been left unused and abandoned.

This land reform, by the way, was promoted to Venezuela in the 1960s by that Lefty radical, John F. Kennedy. Venezuela's dictator of the time agreed to hand out land, but forgot to give peasants title to their property.
http://www.gregpalast.com/detail.cfm?artid=452&row=0

[burrowowl]

1. KICK!

Good analysis!

[Carolab]

2. Yup. Where is part II? n/t

[Cha]

3. I saw a picture of that protest

at the time..I remember this one blonde in particular..quite Bizarre.

Pretty Ironic how Chavez has such a bad rap being one of the good guys and bush is thought to be a direct descendent of Jesus H. Christ when he's actually Evil incarnate.

[stillcool]

4. Great article..thanks for the link....

My favorite part...."So began the Bush-Cheney campaign to "Floridate" the will of the Venezuela electorate. It didn't matter that Chavez had twice won election. Winning most of the votes, said a White House spokesman, did not make Chavez' government "legitimate." Hmmm. Secret contracts were awarded by our Homeland Security spooks to steal official Venezuela voter lists. Cash passed discreetly from the US taxpayer, via the so-called 'Endowment for Democracy,' to the Chavez-haters running today's "recall" election."

[kansasblue]

5. 83% of the population lives in proverty. Chavez helps the poor.

[burythehatchet]

6. frosted blondes in high heels clutching designer bags

:rofl:

[RedCloud]

7. Chávez defeated two political giants to become president.

I think this is the message Bush et alia want to sink.

That is why they call him a dictator. They fear the example that people actually want an end to corrupt business as usual and want the government to actually serve the majority of the people the majority of the time!

You go Hugo Chávez!

From your former neighbor in Maracay, Red Cloud.