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| Chavez asks military, backers to prepare for fight |
| 2008-11-29 |
| President Hugo Chavez is asking the military and his supporters to prepare for a showdown with his newly elected political opponents, telling his backers that they must be "prepared to die for the revolution." Chavez says opposition leaders who captured five gubernatorial posts and the Caracas mayor's office in elections last Sunday "want a confrontation" and are falling back on "the scenario of 2002," when he was deposed by a brief coup. Speaking to red-clad supporters Friday, he said events including the alleged burning of a state-owned health clinic this week were meant to weaken his government. Chavez called on Venezuela's military to "prepare to defend the revolution" and said "we won't show them mercy." |
| Posted by:ed |
| #6 What's up? Is the CIA trying to kill him? Again? |
| Posted by: tu3031 2008-11-29 22:25 |
| #5 this will likely get ugly, quick. Hoogo has promised away much of the oil proceeds as proof of comradeship to his allies (Cuba, Bolivia, Kennedy Jr.), which was workable at best with $120+/bbl oil, especially since his oil is sludgey crap. Now that the income stream is dropping like a brick, he's phucked in domestic economy, and can't deliver his foreign promises. Time for the bunker looms, hope he doesn't kill too many good Venezuelans before he gets the dirt nap |
| Posted by: Frank G 2008-11-29 19:40 |
| #4 including the alleged burning of a state-owned health clinic Gotta be careful when Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2008-11-29 19:30 |
| #3 Let's just have Chavez die and end the revolution. It's time for an "Allende moment" in Caracas. |
| Posted by: Jolutch Mussolini7800 2008-11-29 17:35 |
| #2 This is Cavez's way of dealing with mounting economic problems. |
| Posted by: DoDo 2008-11-29 11:51 |
| #1 I don't understand why Hugo makes such big deal out of people plotting coups. He did time in the slammer for doing it himself. In Venezuela, it's just part of the process. |
| Posted by: Cheans Stalin7148 2008-11-29 10:00 |