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By drillanwr, on March 8, 2011, at 11:35 pm
From Zelaya in Honduras, to Mubarak in Egypt, and now Qaddaffi in Libya, Obama seems to have selective dictator appreciation. But the most striking and stark dictator discrimination Obama apparently has is that of Cuba's castro and "Mini-Me" Chavez in Venezuela. Those two cats are A-OK to Barry ...
When Venezuela’s Hugo Chávez flew to Tripoli [...]
By drillanwr, on January 30, 2011, at 7:43 pm
Jimmy Carter: Unrest in Egypt 'earth-shaking'
PLAINS, Ga. - Former President Jimmy Carter, who brokered a peace accord between Israel and Egypt in 1978, on Sunday called the political unrest and rioting in Egypt earth-shaking and said that President Hosni Mubarak probably will have to step down.
Carter told a Sunday school class that he teaches [...]
By drillanwr, on January 26, 2011, at 10:17 pm
Move to exploit 'unused' land in capital rattles Venezuela's middle class, as troops also take over 'unproductive' farms ...
Hugo Chávez has sent out troops to take over farms and urged the poor to occupy "unused" land in wealthy areas of Caracas, prompting a wave of squats that is rattling Venezuela's middle class.
The move by Venezuela's [...]
By drillanwr, on January 16, 2011, at 9:22 pm
Venezuela is claiming it has more oil reserves than Saudi Arabia ...
Venezuela has overtaken Saudi Arabia as the world leader in oil reserves with certified deposits leaping to 297 billion barrels at the end of 2010, President Hugo Chavez's government said Saturday.
Energy Minister Rafael Ramirez told Reuters that the new reserves, which pushed the total [...]
By drillanwr, on December 21, 2010, at 11:00 am
I've been following Michael Totten since the Iraq War. He is right up there with Michael Yon in "honest-to-god" full-press balls to the wall war correspondence journalism. Better yet, both have been pretty much completely on their own in funding their journeys through our two war theaters over the last ten years, unlike the pampered [...]
By drillanwr, on December 19, 2010, at 10:31 pm
I'm surprised he hasn't taken it already ...
CARACAS, Venezuela -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez defended plans for a law that would impose broadcast-type regulations on the Internet, saying Sunday that his government should protect citizens against online crimes.
Chavez's congressional allies are considering extending the "Social Responsibility Law" for broadcast media to the Internet, banning [...]
By drillanwr, on December 17, 2010, at 6:36 pm
Actually, not certain it's really any different than how he already has been 'governing'.
CARACAS - Venezuela's parliament voted to give President Hugo Chavez decree powers for 18 months on Friday, outraging opposition parties that accused him of turning South America's biggest oil producer into a dictatorship.
The firebrand leader had asked for the special fast-track powers [...]
By drillanwr, on December 11, 2010, at 4:43 pm
Does his selfless benevolence know no boundaries?
CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez says he will set up camp in a tent given to him by Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi so he can free up space in the presidential palace for more homeless storm victims.
Chavez raised the idea of moving his office to the tent [...]
By drillanwr, on November 23, 2010, at 11:08 am
Castro calls Obama a 'name':
HAVANA: Nato is a “military mafia,” the war in Afghanistan is “genocidal” and US President Barack Obama deserves the prize for the “best snake charmer” who ever lived, Cuba’s Fidel Castro said Monday.
In an article published in response to the Western alliance’s weekend summit in Portugal, the former Cuban leader called [...]
By drillanwr, on November 23, 2010, at 10:28 am
Morales is 'snorting' buds with Hugo Chávez, so he's obviously unbiased in his assertions ...
Bolivian President Evo Morales delivered a blunt rebuke of the United States at a regional defense conference while U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates sat in the audience.
The leftist leader never mentioned Gates by name. But most of the speech, and all [...]
By drillanwr, on November 20, 2010, at 12:25 am
Sounds like a real nice fella. Great pick, Chavez The Hutt.
In what critics are calling a "major insult to democracy" in Venezuela, President Hugo Chavez has promoted to his nation's highest military level a controversial general who has vowed not to cooperate with opposition leaders if they win the South American nation's presidential election in [...]
By drillanwr, on November 8, 2010, at 9:35 pm
Isn't he just the sweet little rat-Commie-bastard gift that keeps on giving? ... Well, taking.
And as usual, it's HIS concept of what is and isn't "fair" when he's forced to make such "Acts of Justice" on the people and businesses of Venezuela.
CARACAS, Venezuela — Facing a wave of criticism from business leaders, President Hugo Chavez [...]
By drillanwr, on October 19, 2010, at 2:07 pm
Lesson that should be learned in the last 22 months? Look at the whole big picture.
Did I mention Iran was elected president of OPEC just the other day? Oh, and that whole Obama lifting the moratorium on drilling in the Gulf ... not so much. Apparently we're expected to bow for our oil, not drill [...]
By Ziva Sahl, on October 7, 2010, at 2:59 pm
Once again, Roger Noriega sounds the alarm, is Washington listening?
"All countries have the right to a peaceful nuclear energy program under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, of which Venezuela is a signatory. However, Chávez’s decision to rely on one of the world’s worst proliferators to help develop his country’s capabilities in this sensitive technology sets alarm [...]
By drillanwr, on October 3, 2010, at 6:57 pm
Since losing his party's supermajority in last Sunday's election in which a coalition of opposition parties took seats Chavez is making moves to hasten his plans for nationalization of Venezuela:
President Hugo Chavez on Sunday vowed to move forward on the nationalization of land owned by a subsidiary of British meat products company Vestey, as he [...]
By drillanwr, on July 17, 2010, at 9:00 am
Since Obama seems to be mirroring Hugo Chavez in everything else, I'm wondering which American "hero" he'll decide to have dug up:
CARACAS – Venezuela exhumed the remains of 19th century independence hero Simon Bolivar on Friday and will test them to see if he was poisoned by enemies in Colombia.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez rejects the [...]
By Ziva Sahl, on January 29, 2010, at 11:34 pm
As good friend Joe Lima wrote in the email he sent with this photo, "The iron claw, la garra de hierro. Ruthless commie SOBs are not going to get away with this."
No, Joe they are not.
I thank God every day for the power of the Internet.
View photos of the injured Venezuelan protesters on Fox News, and spread the [...]
By Ziva Sahl, on November 18, 2009, at 12:30 pm
Popular opposition blogger Martha Colmenares has posted on facebook that her blog has been deactivated by the host.
From Facebook:
Mi blog ha sido desactivado por el hosting, con el Cadivi del régimen no sé si podré o cuando tiempo llevará solventarlo... esto es Cuba
Rough translation:
My blog has been deactivated by hosting, with the Cadivi of the [...]
By Ziva Sahl, on November 12, 2009, at 1:52 pm
What Chavez has done to Venezuela should be condemned by every person who enjoys the right of free speech. Daniel provides a sad narrative of Venezuela's rapid descent into a "fortified ghetto society," made more startling for him after a trip to the U.S.
Read what he says about Venezuela's healthcare system:
When I came back from my September [...]
By Ziva Sahl, on October 12, 2009, at 4:22 pm
Here's another example of lunacy, via The National Review's Marc Thiessen, Michael Moore as speechwriter for a dictator.
Michael Moore: Presidential Speechwriter
Burning the midnight oil on book deadline last night, I saw Michael Moore on Jimmy Kimmel Live. He claimed to have helped Hugo Chavez write his address to the U.N. General Assembly while they were both [...]
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