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To: The Vet who wrote (26140)12/30/2003 9:53:46 PM
From: jrhana  Read Replies (1) of 39344
 
<Very few "people" in other countries are concerned>

I have to disagree with you there

I have not been influenced by the US rightist press because I never read it.

The Latins I know are indeed very concerned about Chavez.

Every Venezuelan I known thinks that he is a raving lunatic.
I am not talking about the wealthy but rather middle class families-small businessmen etc.

I have my impression of Chavez not from the US press but rather from conversations I have had with Venezuelans.

In fact the US press is dominated by liberals who lean over backwards to portray every leftist leaning dictator in the most favorable light. Your link is a good example. Someone like Pinochet is villified on the other hand.

The truth is a complicated matter.

I personally think it is a crime that most of Latin America seems to be such a basket case. (one of the few exceptions may be Chile-an ironic legacy of the evil Pinochet). Corruption and anrachy have robbed the Latin countries of the ability to enjoy the fruits of their natural resources.

There is absolutely no excuse that Venezuela, for instance, should not be a stable and prosperous country-instead of living in a scale of poverty that some have called worse than Haiti's.
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