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2006-03-04 Caribbean-Latin America
Chavez planning 2,000,000-strong "people's army"
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Posted by Dan Darling 2006-03-04 01:16|| || Front Page|| [11133 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 For example, Mr Chavez has been buying military hardware, including Russian helicopters, 100,000 AK-47 rifles and Brazilian and Spanish equipment he says Venezuela needs to defend itself.


Ummmm, from who?
Posted by Redneck Jim 2006-03-04 08:07||   2006-03-04 08:07|| Front Page Top

#2 "Watch out, Latin America is coming."

We know, it's almost planting time, beware the new border guards in your quest for illegal jobs.
Posted by Redneck Jim 2006-03-04 08:13||   2006-03-04 08:13|| Front Page Top

#3 In return they will receive a monthly income of about 16,000 Bolivares (£4.30) and in some cases, social benefits including free clothes and shoes.

You know, I was being Snarky in the comments above until I read this line, about ten bucks a month, and maybe some new shoes and clothes? Ye Gods what abject poverty.
We can end this shit permanantly by simply allowing the migrant workers from Venezuela to earn a seasonal non-transferable "Workers Visa"
His army will evaporate like the morning dew.
Posted by Redneck Jim 2006-03-04 08:21||   2006-03-04 08:21|| Front Page Top

#4 It's pretty obvious that this bird has Napoleonic intentions--South American style. This can mean any number of pipe dreams and Castro ambitions. But, in the final analysis, it means turning Venezuela into an enterprise whose sole purpose is to support Chavez, and to heck with anybody else.
Posted by Anonymoose 2006-03-04 08:24||   2006-03-04 08:24|| Front Page Top

#5 You know, I'm a bit slow this morning, I just had a HE WANTS TO DO WHAT? moment.
He's taking pesants (The only folks poor enough to be interested) and teaching them how to use guns?
Hell, he's funding his own revolution, there's no need to do anything at all here, just ignore Chavez for a year or so, and deal with the new rulers.
Posted by Redneck Jim 2006-03-04 08:30||   2006-03-04 08:30|| Front Page Top

#6 Same old South America BS in a new jar.
Posted by 6 2006-03-04 09:06||   2006-03-04 09:06|| Front Page Top

#7 Jim, I think he wants to arm _his_ supporters in the populace and use them to keep everyone else in line.

The electoral system down there is computerized and keeps a record of how everyone votes.
Posted by Phil 2006-03-04 09:57||   2006-03-04 09:57|| Front Page Top

#8 "The electoral system down there is computerized and keeps a record of how everyone votes."

That is exactly right! The list is called "the Tascon list."

Chavez is not a military danger to the US but his association with Iran is a clear and present one.
Posted by Josing Hupinemp6640 2006-03-04 10:40||   2006-03-04 10:40|| Front Page Top

#9 People's Army = Dignity Batallions...and we ALL remember how effective THOSE were in stopping the Yanquis. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dignity_Battalions

BTW, how is Mr Noriega these days?

Mike
Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2006-03-04 12:26||   2006-03-04 12:26|| Front Page Top

#10 Pretty depressed. His prison health care doesn't cover dermabrasion.
Posted by lotp 2006-03-04 13:09||   2006-03-04 13:09|| Front Page Top

#11 Ouch. And from the fairer sex, too.
Posted by Nimble Spemble 2006-03-04 13:29||   2006-03-04 13:29|| Front Page Top

#12 he does get an annual back-waxing, something Ron Jeremy Khalid-Sheikh Muhammad lives for
Posted by Frank G">Frank G  2006-03-04 14:12||   2006-03-04 14:12|| Front Page Top

#13 Chavez planning 2,000,000-strong "people's army"

Because it worked so well for Saddam.
Posted by Angie Schultz 2006-03-04 15:05||   2006-03-04 15:05|| Front Page Top

#14 So, have they made their deal with the Raëlians yet?
Posted by Korora">Korora  2006-03-04 15:44||   2006-03-04 15:44|| Front Page Top

#15 
Send in Jimmeh.
Posted by Master of Obvious 2006-03-04 16:01||   2006-03-04 16:01|| Front Page Top

#16 He's full of shit, Venezuela couldn't afford 500,000 .
Posted by Uneque Angoluling4340 2006-03-04 16:15||   2006-03-04 16:15|| Front Page Top

#17 Mike K beat me to the DIGBAT comment.

I think that Hugo wants to do in Latin America what the Saudis did in Dar Al Islam. He's got lots of money and he thinks that he can array Latin America around his pole (Freudian pun intended) if he can find the right ideology. He's tried indianismo, socialism, and bolivarismo, whatever the hell that is.* I sometimes think that the only real ideology that get folks excited in Latin America is corruption. I don't believe that he has enough dinero to buy off everyone down there. If he could get his hands on the drug _and_ the oil money and if he could leverage off the Cubans' security apparatus, he might have a shot at putting together a real Saudi-style, post modern empire. Fortunately for us, he is a moron.

* I'm being somewhat coy here. Bolivarismo should scare folks somewhat. Remember, Bolivar wanted a federated Spanish Latin America. His original rebublic was composed of Colombia, Venezuela, and Ecuador. So there is some definite imperialist overtone's to Hugo's rhetoric.
Posted by 11A5S 2006-03-04 18:17||   2006-03-04 18:17|| Front Page Top

#18 If he doesn't stay away from the Chipotles, we're gonna have to link the Hugomiester up with Suzanne Somers and a SashMaster exercise routine.
Posted by Visitor 2006-03-04 20:45||   2006-03-04 20:45|| Front Page Top

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Posted by lotp 2006-03-04 20:52||   2006-03-04 20:52|| Front Page Top

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