Chavez, the great democratic leader
Does Venezuala have a good way of ensuring
free elections? Is this writer correct
in defending Chavez? Is it the fault of
a biased media and US influence that he has a bad reputation, or is he partly
to blame? And to look at what the author
thinks is the main cause of US hatred towards Chavez, if a coutry has a large
natural resource like oil, and has a lot of poverty, can nationalization of
this resource be a solution?
This article really surprised me. Maybe not as much as it should have, but never the less it did. I was under the impression that the US was all about bringing democracy to evil, shady countries with dictators leading the country but now, the country has shown itself in a new light. The one thing that I pity is that very few people will read this and know the truth. Recently, I read part of a book by Noam Chomsky, who is widely known as the greatest political critic alive and it told a similar truth. It analyzed past US policies and actions and it came to the conclusion that America really doesn’t care all that much about foreigners and the extent to which they have freedom. The people in charge care, more than anyone, about making a profit and defending their place as the most influential country in the world. The fact that they cross all lines to get what they want is what makes them such a rich, powerful nation.
ReplyDeleteI find it sad that some people literally can’t contain their greed; with oil field that they have acquired in the past couple of years all over the world they are still attempting to overthrow a government that has done little but good just for more oil. If the elections there are as perfect as the Nobel-prize winner claims and if the people there are as happy with the administration as the article says, I don’t see a reason why the elections shouldn’t go on. I fully support the way the author wrote the article without being biased (unlike most of the US media) and stood defending him instead or piling criticism on top of him.
Whose fault is it that the election is portrayed so negatively? Just to get an idea of what exactly America’s journalists are saying, and whether it really is as bad as Mr. Weisbrot says, I Google-d Chavez and read the first article about him in CNN. Since CNN was a source of information that I quite trusted, I was disappointed to find that the name-calling is worse than I expected. To answer the question, I truly believe it is the fault of the biased US media that his reputation is this bad. As it is, it’s hard to say to what extent he is to blame for all that is being said about him, twice so because all are information is biased and it’s hard to tell truth apart from myth. If the nationalization of the oil is what is helping the country develop, then there is absolutely no reason the people would want the government to change. Chávez could probably make a lot more money for himself if he wanted to and it is the fact that he is being honest that is getting him reelected.
As it is, Chávez won the election last Sunday, beating his opponent by 10%. He did this by having a fair election and without the need of excessive media coverage. There haven’t been any major protests in Venezuela, unlike those that occurred after the recent elections in Russia, and the only one at a loss here is the US who, in all honesty, should stop poking their noses into foreign matters
I am going to challenge Sam’s commentary. I wouldn’t say that article above is not being bias, since it focuses just only on one opinion and as well I wouldn’t call it truth. I happen to have couple of good friends from Venezuela and I might say, that I have really good look at the problem from inside prospective. Even elections seems to be technologically really developed, many problems were reported. In many cases Chavez’s supporters blocked or even threatened people from voting, there were too many delays caused by man kind and as well Venezuelans didn’t have chance to vote in countries like UK or in Miami where one of the biggest minatory lives. When it comes to protests, I remember exactly how one of my friends sent me couple of days before elections picture with hundreds of anti Chavez protesters. He told me also that those people have a lot of courage, since there were under threat of losing jobs and even more. Chavez during his election period almost destroyed middle class and corruption largely increased as well. Venezuela’s economy largely envy on exporting oil, whose production decreased by reason of Chavez’s privatization and restrictions. And I could mention another hundred arguments, but I feel those ones I mentioned in my commentary are fairly enough.
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