Chavez blamed a drought
It's remarkable how this "drought" somehow manages not to affect the economy of neighboring, captialist Columbia.
Castro could solve this problem in a flash. Anyone who complains...Ready!..Aim!..Fire!
Chavez gave few details on Wednesday about what is expected of Cuba, but insisted that "it's valuable experience that's serving us well." He said that he spoke for hours Tuesday with Cuban Vice President Ramiro Valdes after his arrival in Venezuela to lead the consulting team.
Too bad Chubby hates the Jews. They could probably teach him a thing or two on how to make oil burning lights last a bit longer.
he ran Cuba's Electronic Group, overseeing technology projects and skirting the U.S. trade embargo by importing tons of equipment into Cuba through third-party nations.
The United States does not have warships positioned around Cuba stopping them from trading with other nations.
The United States is the only country in the world that has imposed trade sanctions on Cuba. They are free to trade with any other country that wants to trade with them.
Cuba's problem, which is systemic to all socialist paradises, is that they have nothing to trade. If they did, other countries would trade with them. What Cuba needs, as will Venezuela, is a benefactor like the old Soviet Union; they need foreign aid to keep their murderous regimes in power.
I'm surprised that the 0bama0 gang hasn't rammed through a few billions for these criminals.
Well if Cuba does not work out there is North Korea as a back up.
Ain't slowcialism just great!
This is like Tiger Woods asking Bill Clinton for help with his sex addiction.
Just some background info.
Chaves gets 70%+ of his power from a hydodam, which is why they are having problems. I’m sure that the reason He’s turned to Castro is the free/low cost oil he’s been providing Cuba for about a decade. He was going to do rolling blackouts though out the country but that failed just after the currency devaluation.
More details...
http://counterterrorismblog.org/2010/02/a_downward_spiral_in_latin_ame.php
“A Downward Spiral in Latin America”
By Douglas Farah
SNIPPET: “The first is the decision of Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez to bring on board a senior Cuban official with a long time specialty in internal security and torture to act as a consultant on Venezuela’s energy crisis.
What Ramiro Valdes, one of the four remaining “originals” of the 1959 revolution, can bring on the electrical side is open to question, given that Cuba is not a model of electrical efficiency and management. What he can bring is a strong sense of how to control the internal opposition and make repression more efficient, which is his specialty.
This leads to my second concern. As Chávez grows more beleaguered and under siege, the one card he holds to wreak havoc in the region is his relationship with the FARC in Colombia.”
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http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/02/05/venezuela.cuban.adviser/index.html
http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/farc/index?tab=articles
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http://www.strategycenter.net/docLib/20100125_EcuadoratRiskIASC.pdf
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http://www.douglasfarah.com/article/527/the-downward-spiral-in-latin-america.com
Monday February 8, 2010
“The Downward Spiral in Latin America”
POSTED BY DOUGLAS FARAH
SNIPPET: “A fourth issue is the eroding freedom of expression across the Bolivarian sectors of Latin America. It was driven home to me after the release of our new report on Ecuador, Ecuador at Risk. Not only has the ordered his ambassador in Washington to see if he can sue us, his government has threatened to try to find my sources.
So one can only imagine the censorship that goes on in the local media in Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia and Nicaragua. Chilling indeed.
As this German press report shows, we did not go into all the details on Ecuador’s problems. It is about to be listed by FATF as a high-risk country for financial transactions because it has not ratified 48 of the 49 conventions on fighting money laundering and terror finance.”
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www.eluniverso.com/2010/02/05/1/1355/ecuador-rechaza-informe-diario-sobre-operaciones-criminales.html
Viernes 05 de febrero del 2010 | 13:48 Política
Additional Link:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2462777/posts
“The Cubanization of Venezuela-Castro works to keep Chávez in power and the cheap oil flowing.”
The Weekly Standard ^ | March 8, 2010 | Jaime Daremblum
Posted on March 2, 2010 3:32:33 PM PST by Ooh-Ah