Chavez, Venezuala, and the Opposition

[Agathon]

Originally posted by MichaeltheGreat
A single edited fabricated story to "justify" a coup does not count for much dishonesty by the standards of Latinamerican (or for that matter, Norteamericano ) politics.

That wasn't all of it, just the bit I remember the best.

I wish I could remember the name of the film. It was an eye opener. Perhaps someone else has seen it.

[MichaeltheGreat]

I have no doubt both sides are full of mierda. They all are down this way, every last one. The difference is that people all pretty much recognize that fact, unlike the US where you get the occasional odd type that thinks there's something functional in the US political system.

[TCO]

Che is full of kaka. He eats too much toast at the Heartland Cafe. It is all pop commie stuff. Come the revolution, they will slaughter the Mensheviks like him.

[JCG]

Speaking of "coups", funny how nobody here remembers that Chavez had his hand in one of those previously too...in 1992. Not even a decade before his election.

Of course, since he's been elected, he's forgiven and has a clean slate. But those that tried to coup him? Oh no, they're all a bunch of ******* that don't deserve to ever be "pardoned" like he was.

[JCG]

And about the film...well, at least part of it was valid enough to charge those in it for something like open gun firing/possession and another minor charge that I can't remember, even if the bigger charges were dismissed by the court. This was announced rather recently too.

Strange how they were apparently firing *downwards* though...you'd think that snipers would usually be *above*.

Still, as has been said before, this whole business is rather shady, both on the opposition's and on the government's side. Better to wait it all out and see if the full truth ever comes up (doubtful).