LATIN BEAT: Much Work Awaits OAS In Venezuela - Chavez trashes rule of law

yahoo.com ^ | Charles Roth, A DOW JONES NEWSWIRES COLUMN

[backhoe]

Humm.... heretofore I thought Chavez was merely a malicious Castro wannabe- he seems a bit crazy to me now after looking at your links!

[backhoe]

In searching for "recent history of Latin America" I ran across this weird little paper:

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... The recent history of Latin America shows us a region that has grown very little
during the last ten years. Some countries are fledgling democracies after long ...

and it's kind of interesting. One of the "big themes" I keep coming back to is how we on the right/Libertarian side ( dare I steal a word & call us "progressives?" ) are in an Information War with the Left ( dare I call them "regressives?" )-- and how the free flow of information, facts, stories, and data is critical to winning this war.
Which I think we ultimately will win.

A common denominator of oppressive regimes everywhere is how they rely on fear, ignorance, propaganda, and spin to keep their populace in check. The Muslim countries are a case in point, the old USSR was another- where a Xerox machine was a state secret, protected by armed guards to stop "unauthorized copying" of documents.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Castro, commie, crazy, Chavez..... Looking back at Hitler, one wonders how he did what he did.
Crazy, charismatic, cut-throat and calculating seems to be the MO for dictators.
They deceive while laying the goundwork for oppression.
Next, they demonize their opposition and then get rid of any remaining opposition through force.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

A common denominator of oppressive regimes everywhere is how they rely on fear, ignorance, propaganda, and spin to keep their populace in check. The Muslim countries are a case in point, the old USSR was another- where a Xerox machine was a state secret, protected by armed guards to stop "unauthorized copying" of documents.

We seem to be on the same wavelength today.

[gfactor]

The dead, now being reported around 40, rumors from hospitals put it higher, came mainly from the anti-Castro march reported to be close to 500,000. Chavez's armed civilain supporters, Chavistas, targeted the crowd from rooftops, picking off many reporters, one is confirmed dead.

we wouldn't want to rely only anti-chavez media sources would we? i've read personal accounts by people who where there that say the opposite.