Chavez-Belarus 'pact against U.S.'

[im10ashus]

MINSK, Belarus (Reuters) -- Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez said Tuesday he had forged a strategic alliance to stand up to U.S. imperialism with fellow maverick Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko.

"Our countries must keep their hands at the ready on the sword," Chavez, in ex-Soviet Belarus as part of a world tour, said on a visit to a military academy.

"After a day of intensive work, we have created a strategic alliance between our countries," he said, speaking through an interpreter. "It is absolutely vital to protect our homeland, to guard against internal and external threats."

"The jaws of imperialism and hegemonism have both us and Belarus in their grip."

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http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/07/25/belarus.chavez.reut/index.html

[stepnw1f]

1. I'm More Concerned with Treasonous Rightwingers

than Venezuala and/or Belarus.

[Peace Patriot]

2. Really. And why would a democratically elected president, Chavez, whose

government is using oil revenues to help the poor, and who is representative of a huge, peaceful, democratic, Leftist revolution in Latin America, feel threatened?

It's because we no longer have democracy here--in the once fabled land of freedom. We've been taken over by a fascist coup, by means of stolen elections, and are now the greatest menace to world peace since Hitler's reign.

Neither Venezuela--nor Belarus, as far as I know--have hostile intentions toward the American people, but they are understandably afraid of our ill-motived, greedy, torturing, murdering leadership.

That's what it's come to. And the irony is enormous.

To get out from under this fascist junta, we have first to RESTORE transparent elections and our right to vote. This is still possible. For November, I propose a massive citizen rebellion against the new, rigged electronic voting machines, by VOTING ABSENTEE. AB voting won't solve all the problems with this new rigged system, but it CAN create the climate for reform, and it WILL get people out of the passive mode. See my OP on this in the Election forum, GD and GD-politics today.

[stepnw1f]

3. Going to Your OP Now (nt)

[Freddie Stubbs]

4. "You're known by the company you keep"

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

5. Indeed. I'll take Belarus over Saudi Arabia and Turkmenistan any day.