Is there anyone in America who still supports Hugo Chavez? If so, why?

Question

Venezuelans protest as TV station shuts Down
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070529/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/venezuela_chavez_vs_tv

superpolitics - How do you know the TV Station was CIA-funded?

"Founded in 1953, RCTV was the nation's oldest private channel and regularly topped viewer ratings with its talk shows, sports, soap operas and comedy programs."

Answer 1

Chavez's true colors finally show enough for the even the most brain dead Chavez admirers.

Answer 2

Control the message... then you control the minds. Eliminate political criticism, and then competition. It worked for Hitler for a while too, but ultimately Chavez will get what he deserves. I just hope it doesn't take a war to do it. He will destroy the economy of Venezuela , and eventually his own people will turn on him, once they see the true nature of socialism.

Answer 3

The liberals still admire Chavez because they like to take control of the air waves and shutdown Fox if given the chance.

Answer 4

I would not vote for Chavez if I were Venezuelan. The point is, I am NOT from Venezuela and it is none of my business what their government does. We should not have tried to overthrow him, it is their country, not ours.

Answer 5

He shut down a CIA funded TV station, so what?, do you blame him?

The United States government and its lapdogs in the mainstream media have vilified Morales. Morales and Chavez are both portrayed as "threats" to the United States and have been characterized as "enemies". It is mind-boggling that the leaders of the wealthiest and most powerful nation in the history of humanity can view these men or their tiny nations (neither of which have the military might to overpower the state of Rhode Island) as legitimate threats. Is the US power elite suffering from delusional paranoia? Actually, their fears are well-founded, but one needs to analyze the situation a bit more closely to discern the root cause of their trepidations.


Hugo Chavez has publicly castigated the United States (and Bush II in particular) on several occasions. Drawing calls for his assasination from "respected US Christian leader" Pat Robertson, Chavez has clearly stated his intention to use his vast petroleum resources as a geopolitical weapon against the United States. He drew thunderous applause at the UN for his speech in which he maligned the United States government and its policies. As the democratically-elected president of Venezuela, a member of the indigenous population, a survivor of a US-sponsored coup in 2002, and the winner of a recall referendum in 2004, Chavez has utilized his nation's rich oil reserves to wage a war on poverty. He has used oil revenues to provide schools, medical care, and basic necessities at subsidized prices to the 80% of Venezuelans who live below the poverty line. He has also instituted land reforms to provide impoverished farmers an opportunity at ownership.

Aligning himself closely with Fidel Castro, a man who has been a thorn in the collective sides of the United States ruling elite for years, Chavez has drawn further ire from US leaders. Since 1959, Castro has bedeviled the US government as the Cuban leader who deposed Fulgencio Batista, a ruthless dictator whom the US government supported. While ruling Cuba, Batista widened the wealth gap to a chasm (sound familiar?) and dispatched his death squads, which captured, tortured, and murdered thousands of "Leftists". Castro is certainly no saint, but Cuba was not exactly a paradise under America's proxy either.

Trading oil for the use of many of Cuba's superbly-trained physicians, Chavez has parlayed his relationship with Castro to an advantage for the poor of his nation. Ironically, the infinitely benevolent and wise leaders of the United States rejected offers of help from both Chavez and Castro during Hurricane Katrina. While the Bush regime spurned overtures of help from our "enemies", over a thousand Americans died in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina as a result of criminal neglect and incompetence on the part of a US government now geared almost solely to represent and sustain the interests of the wealthy, corporations and the military industrial complex.

EDIT:
See the thumbs down I am getting? This is all to often the case here, this place is filled with sound bite anaylists, but very few know what the hell they are talking about, then when someone like me tears down their uneducated world , it often results in being "reported" or the lesser thumbing down.
The dumbing down of America, brought to you by Corporate media.

Answer 6

As someone who believes strongly in free speech, I'm personally appalled by his behavior. I think there are very few people here in the U.S. that support him.

Answer 7

His a religious right wing nut did you hear him talk of the devil!

Answer 8

I love him...he hates BUSH...that is reason enough