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Caribbean-Latin America
Chavez Affirms Venezuela is Heading Towards Socialism of 21st Century
2005-05-03
Here we go again, it must work this time, the "right" person is in charge.

Via Bros. Judd:
Caracas, Venezuela, May 1, 2005—"It is impossible that we will achieve our goals with capitalism, nor is it possible to find an intermediate path
 I invite all of Venezuela to march on the path of socialism of the new century. We must construct a new socialism of the 21st century," said Chavez his speech at the end of the traditional May 1st workers' day march.

Chavez had just returned from Cuba earlier that day, where his government and that of Cuba signed 49 cooperation agreements. In allusion to his visit, Chavez said that the Cuban revolution "vibrates to the same rhythm" as Venezuela's Bolivarian revolution and that the changes have just barely begun. He pointed out, though, that his government does not intend to copy the Cuban model of socialism....
Posted by:anonymous2u

#15  The strange thing is he may have the resources to keep it going. Venezuela is an oil-state with huge reserves and development potential; that means they have a huge buffer vs the consequences of economic irrationality. Consider the case of Saudi Arabia. Imagine if North Korea had oil in similarly large quantities.

And he is going to subsidize Cuba as well; in fact I hear he is going to buy the place.
Posted by: buwaya   2005-05-03 22:28  

#14  Miami. They're congregating there already.
Posted by: buwaya   2005-05-03 22:25  

#13  Miami - it should be a ghost town after El Barbudo dies.
Posted by: anonymous2u   2005-05-03 16:43  

#12  So where's Little Caracas gonna be, New Orleans or Miami?
Posted by: tu3031   2005-05-03 14:00  

#11  Yeah, we nee a do-over. It worked so well for Allende...
Posted by: Raj   2005-05-03 12:42  

#10  Or: ''How Can You Be In Two Places At Once When You're Not Anywhere At All?''
Posted by: mojo   2005-05-03 11:28  

#9  Now it's official. Chavez wants to take Venezuela to hell because he doesn't recall the brutal lessons of modern history all too well. Poor buggers. See you folks in 50 years and a few hundred thousand ruined lives later. Maybe it can all be blamed on the gringo at that point too! Hey it's the 21st century and time to try and prove the square wheel is the future of transportation.
Posted by: Tkat   2005-05-03 11:07  

#8  Or is that jumping the gun a bit?

Well, it wouldn't hurt to at least pick out the cards of condolence.
Posted by: Dreadnought   2005-05-03 11:00  

#7  Should we go ahead and mourn the deaths of millions of Venezuelans? Or is that jumping the gun a bit?
Posted by: BH   2005-05-03 10:33  

#6  BTW, is he refering to Phrench style socialism or National Socialism. The first is inefficiant and deadly, the latter is efficiant and deadly.
Posted by: mmurray821   2005-05-03 09:42  

#5  Is he planning on the genocide of the 21st century and the tyranny of the 21st century, too? Because that's all ''socialism'' ever gives anyone.
Posted by: Robert Crawford   2005-05-03 07:23  

#4  If at first you don't succeed...
Posted by: Paul Moloney   2005-05-03 04:20  

#3  And another Lefty Socialist demands for Dubya and America to attack and invade his nation, aka VOTE HILLARY IN '08!? Time for MARIAH CAREY to hit them high notes, AGAIN, at Penn State.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2005-05-03 04:09  

#2  PBMcL - Perfect. Utterly perfect.
Posted by: .com   2005-05-03 02:10  

#1  ''Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.''

Albert Einstein
Posted by: PBMcL   2005-05-03 01:53  

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