By: Lilibeth Rivas

Lilibeth Rivas — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 22:56:26 +0000

hey! I’m from venezuela, I’m studying political sciences in the most important university of my country UCV… The first thing i have to say, its, the fact that CNE the national organization in charge of the elections is not reliable… because it’s supposed to be impartial, none politic, but it too obvious the relationship between the government and this organization… and that’s against Venezuela’s constitution!
There’s a lot of things happening in Venezuela there aren’t right… I’m telling you that people in here it’s been killed, and we are not into a war, at least not in a politic one, but we can’t walk in the streets with the safeness like you do… I’ve been in new York city, and i wish i could stay after 10pm in the streets of my city playing with my little brothers, but i can’t, i shouldn’t… everyday it’s a risk you take in this country, you can’t be sure that at the end of the day you will be at home, safe…. and the worst part, it’s that our president, hugo chavez, the one you are cheering, doesn’t do anything about it, he seems too worry or busy, buying weapons war that we don’t need… In my country, it’s usual you car get stolen, your friend been killed, the police been corrupted, the laws been brook ….
You can see, the government it’s having millions of dollars, with all the petroleum we are selling, but the poorness is amazing in this country, the education it’s in troubles too… Of course hugo chavez has done good things for Venezuela, but I think there’s a LOT more of things he hasn’t done yet, and he already has 10 years in power… He started he’s government saying he this one, it would be a different republic, a different administration, because he knew we were tired about the corruption, but I don’t see the differences… we, the people, still tired.
I can’t blame you, for “cheering” Hugo Chavez, because he seems the only president of America who has the courage to confront Bush… but, that’s not enough to make him a good president, he’s destroying a nation, he’s separating Venezuelan’s people… He insults everyone who’s not with him, he calls everyone fascist. Last months thousands of students of all the country, protested about the constitution reform (the one he lost the referendum recently) and he just said, all those students were Muppets of USA’s government, agents of CIA… All the time he repeats the sentence “Who’s not with me, it’s against me and Venezuela people, and our nation”
Come on, I’m not with him, yes, I’m against he’s ideals, but I love my country, I love my culture, my people, my nation… I will love to see people in the power that really cares about our needs, people who really love democracy, and are not afraid about the freedom of thought. I wish you could be here, to feel the same fears, hope and dreams that we do, just to see things with your own eyes, and realize what I’m saying… but It’s not necessary, you can read local news, and you’ll see part of the misery that people are living in here… I did my best writing this, I know my English isn’t perfect at all… There’s a lot of things more, that I would like to explain you, but it’s kind of hard when it’s not in Spanish!

By: gordo

gordo — Wed, 06 Dec 2006 07:30:26 +0000

I, for one, am shocked. After all those articles in the Washington Post and the New York Times about how unpopular Chavez is becoming, I expected a close election.

In defense of those newspapers, I should point out that they’ve only been wildly wrong about the past half dozen or so Venezuelan elections. I’m sure we’ll see some objective, fact based coverage of events in Venezuela from now on.

By: Professor Zero

Professor Zero — Tue, 05 Dec 2006 14:57:31 +0000

Isn’t it great?

By: XicanoPwr

XicanoPwr — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 16:55:06 +0000

Welcome! Now that is what I call courage knowing that cheering in the open on a statement made Chavez about Bush is still taboo. The funny thing is, it is probably what a lot of people are really thinking in the privacy in their own homes, but lack the courage that you have to express in the open like you did.

By: Y. Carrington

Y. Carrington — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 11:02:29 +0000

Congratulations to Brotha Chavez. I was at McDonald’s when I saw his speech live at the UN. I was cheering in the middle of the restaurant, and I didn’t care who was watching.

By: The Unapologetic Mexican

The Unapologetic Mexican — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 04:52:34 +0000

The Bolivian Revolution, Part III…

CHAVEZ, THE MAN WHO CALLED BUSH BY HIS REAL NAME, wins his third term by over 60% of the vote. With most ballots counted in the presidential election, Mr Chavez had secured more than 60% of the vote, officials said.The……

By: Nezua Limón Xolografik-Jonez

Nezua Limón Xolografik-Jonez — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 04:27:58 +0000

niiiiice.