Monday, Jan. 29, 2007 9:33 a.m. EST
President Hugo Chavez denied Sunday that his left-leaning government would seize private property - such as second homes or expensive cars - from the wealthy and called on Venezuelans not to fear his accelerated push toward socialism.
Chavez recently announced plans for a "luxury tax" targeting second homes, art collections and expensive cars that would be aimed at redistributing wealth to the poor.
"Oh, you have a yacht? Perfect, give to me, buddy," he said at the time. "You have a house where you live and another one by sea ... You have some marvelous art collections - come here, buddy."
He urged all Venezuelans to embrace "the socialism that we are going to create." But Chavez denied that he was attempting to steer oil-rich Venezuela toward Cuba-style communism.
2007-01-29 06:52:25 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in News & Events ➔ Current Events
Chavez has raised concerns by repeatedly saying he wants to continue governing Venezuela until 2021 or longer. He was re-elected to a second, six-year term in December - his last under Venezuela's Constitution. But Chavez has proposed a constitutional reform that would allow indefinite re-election.
2007-01-29 06:52:34 · update #1
Chavez is a farsant... even his people is realizing how extreme is being. I'm venezolana, and I don't live in Venezuela (and I'm very glad for that)
2007-01-30 02:40:18 · answer #1 · answered by Naylet M 2 · 0⤊ 4⤋
Why do you oppose anything or anyone that is anti-imperialism? By imposing your political ideologies unto a foreign culture, you are in fact practicing what you propose to hate. If Capitalism and / or Democracy works for you, great!!! But don't assume it will work in a different country. Just look at the mess that Iraq is in at the moment, because Bush and his cronies decided to remove the man who ruled with an iron fist (Saddam). Saddam for all his faults had managed to keep a civil war at bay. In the last year over 35,000 Iraqi civilians died, not to mention the number of U.S. soldiers' lives that were lost in this useless war, all because we think that Democracy is good for The Middle East. This is just another form of colonialism and assimilation.
I say live and let live, and stop meddling in another country's politics.
2007-01-29 07:16:51 · answer #2 · answered by Optimistic 6 · 4⤊ 5⤋
Everybody's so freaking jealous of the U.S. which is why we should pull out all our troops from around the world and focus more and protecting our borders, also stop funding any other country that isn't grateful for our help. Next, exile all the liberal idiots. Didn't Robin Williams say that Canada is like the apartment right above a really great party? Well, looks like the apartment complex is a lot bigger than we thought.
2007-01-29 07:03:07 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 5⤋
Chavez is Leo, that's mean is more Generous then you or Me, but he set an example of Expensive taste so If you don't his Zodiac Signs and Traits that fits the bill then you don't really know him.
Just accept and let him live his life, since I'm a Leo I'd do the same Thing he would do.
2007-01-29 07:18:45 · answer #4 · answered by tfoley5000 7 · 2⤊ 5⤋
The real issue behind your whining is, "Why is he doing things to benefit Venezuelans instead of the US?" Given that it's his country, it requires idiocy and selfishness not to figure out why he would put his own country's interests above foreign countries.
Or is the US the only country allowed to do that?
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2007-01-29 07:34:57 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 3⤋