2007-03-08 02:57:30 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Chavez is not the only one to stand up Bush's policies. He was however DEMOCRATICALLY elected, unlike Kim Jong IL.
Ahmadinejad certainly is standing up. Morales in Bolivia isn't bowing to US pressure, Putin certainly doesn't give a damn about anybody and don't forget the man with the biggest balls of all - Castro - dude has survived how many presidencies and a stupid embargo.
The USA does act like a hedgemony at times, often using its economic power to bully other countries into executing US policy, regardless of whether it is really beneficial to the other country.
Honestly though, I am concerned about Chavez's new path - I think he is making some serious mistakes.
Most Americans tend to not do research for themselves and even then they seem to find it hard to understand what it is like to live under a CORRUPT democratic Govt. that serves only the rich of the nation - too many countries in Latin America and the Caribbean fall into this category and Chavez is what you get when the people finally revolt.
Read his profile on the BBC website (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3517106.stm) to get a better picture of WHY he managed to be elected in the first place, then and only then will you understand his approach (flawed as it may be).
I for one would certainly welcome such a revloution in my home country of Jamaica where colonialism raped our island of the wealth derived from its rich resources and left the control of the remaining wealth in the hands of the elite.
2007-03-08 03:08:44 · answer #1 · answered by David M 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Hugo Chavez works with the terrorists. Bush is a good man.
2007-03-08 03:00:28 · answer #2 · answered by 14 4 · 8⤊ 1⤋
then i'm hoping you're in Venezuela and that i'm hoping you're happy. while you're right here interior the U. S. i visit be happy to help pay for the fee ticket to deliver you to Venezuela. in case you will get by skill of the ignorant media you will see that the persons of Venezuela at the instant are not that keen on him the two. Chavez does no longer pick to be a president besides, he ought to be a ruler.
2016-11-23 15:16:44 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I guess a better question would be why do you idolize Hugo Chavez? He may have balls, but he may find out that he's missing a few brain cells before it is all over and done with.
2007-03-08 03:02:55 · answer #4 · answered by Amer-I-Can 4 · 6⤊ 1⤋
Because he is a dictator, who wants to send his economy into a tumble, to take away the freedoms of his people, and to use military force to bring about his plans. Anyone who has no sense of his own people is certainly not going to have respect for someone who is not his own, like President Bush. He really isn't "standing up" to Bush, but is grandstanding and will eventually only hurt his people. It's a shame. You certainly can't tell me the Cubans have it going good?
2007-03-08 03:25:41 · answer #5 · answered by straightup 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Hugo Chavez is a dictator who is killing his people. He has this demented idea that he is fighting a war with America. He told this conspiracy to his people until they bought into it then he told them that HE and he alone would be able to save them. All they had to do was to give up all their Democratic rights and let him control every thing for the rest of his life. He isn't standing up to any one, because he is in a fight with no ADVERSARY.
2007-03-08 03:08:43 · answer #6 · answered by Mother 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Hugo Chavez is not a president. He is a dictator. He would shrivel up pretty quick if he actually tried to do anything to the united states besides slandering us.
You think that his weightless words constitute standing up to? I disagree.
2007-03-08 03:00:26 · answer #7 · answered by archangel72901 4 · 7⤊ 1⤋
Good question, but Chavez is not the only head of state to stand up to Bush. In Canada, former PM Chretien did so, and there is always Fidel Castro, who has stood up to all of them since Eisenhower.
A better question would be why President Bush feels entitled to do in Venezuela what would be interpreted as an act of war if someone did it in Illinois?
Why is attempting to destabilize a foreign government in time of peace not an impeachable offense?
2007-03-08 03:03:55 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 4⤋
Just don't call Chavez a devil in Venezuela. You may end up in prison.
http://hrw.org/english/docs/2005/03/24/venezu10368.htm
2007-03-08 03:06:18 · answer #9 · answered by bugeyes 4 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Bush is an idiot.
That doesn't make Chavez any less of a dictator tyrant who is eliminating the freedoms and future of a country for his own greedy aims. There is no such thing as a President for life, the name for that is a dictator...
2007-03-08 03:03:47 · answer #10 · answered by Rick 4 · 3⤊ 4⤋