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"the Marxist cancer will spread"

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ping

[Cincinatus' Wife]

But, as my source notes, "once a liar, always a liar." Chavez, who has cozied up to Fidel Castro and Saddam Hussein, can't be trusted and will do anything to keep power. If Chavez stays in power, he poses danger to the U.S.

Chavez reveals himself as a liar whenever he opens his mouth. He will do anything to stay in power.
I'm beginning to wonder, who is pulling the strings in Venezuela, Chavez or Castro?

[miamimark]

The coup was precipitated on April 11 when a massive outpouring of more than 1 million Venezuelans took to the streets

Every time this story is reported the numbers in the streets rise. Sheesh...Started at 100,000 & now Ruddy says 1 million.

This tells me that the rest of the article is also "inflated" with "facts".

Chavez's real crime was to pass two laws through Venezuela's national assembly. The first ordered big plantation owners to turn over untilled land to the landless. The second nearly doubled, from roughly 16% to 30%, royalties paid for extracting Venezuela's oil. Venezuela was once the largest exporter of oil to the USA, bigger than Saudi Arabia. This explains Chavez's unpopularity - at least within that key constituency, the American petroleum industry.

Also declined US airspace for "drug flights."

He won't last long, but it's up to the voters to hold a referendum & select a new president.

[dalebert]

Doesn't this guy have Chinese connections also?