Chávez, I mean, although I’m not a fan of his antics… As for America “losing influence in the region”, they’ve been doing that to themselves for over 50 years in the hearts of the people, with facts and political rhetorics. A Dictator is a Dictator, is a Dictator, ad nauseam. It doesn’t matter if they wear the Fascist “Black” or the Socialist “Red”. The U.S. has had, and still has, a sad history of supporting all those “Black-clad” dictators in the past and that didn’t endear them with the peoble that was being oppressed by them. What really hurts the American government is to have a dictator to whom they cannot attach puppet strings. But of course, they expect to win every single one of their chess matches. If “Rome” was ever a clue…
BBC NEWS | Americas | US bans arms sales to Venezuela
“It’s the empire and it has a great capacity to do harm to the countries of the world,” he told the Associated Press news agency.
He said his government would not respond with punitive measures.
US officials argue that the rule of President Chavez is eroding democracy and human rights in Venezuela and that he is working to undermine American influence in the region.
Sometimes he makes sense…
Chávez, I mean, although I’m not a fan of his antics… As for America “losing influence in the region”, they’ve been doing that to themselves for over 50 years in the hearts of the people, with facts and political rhetorics. A Dictator is a Dictator, is a Dictator, ad nauseam. It doesn’t matter if they wear the Fascist “Black” or the Socialist “Red”. The U.S. has had, and still has, a sad history of supporting all those “Black-clad” dictators in the past and that didn’t endear them with the peoble that was being oppressed by them. What really hurts the American government is to have a dictator to whom they cannot attach puppet strings. But of course, they expect to win every single one of their chess matches. If “Rome” was ever a clue…
BBC NEWS | Americas | US bans arms sales to Venezuela