Chavez demonstrates the irrationality and hypocrisy of all leftist thinking.
Count your blessings--loyal Americans dream of evicting traitorous Liberals like you from the country. Sadly, they'll take the high road and remain tolerant of wacky Democrats, unlike your hero, hypocrit Chavez. Exactly what did he do last year at the UN in NYC?--see ** below.
>>Chavez: Critical Foreigners to Get Boot
Jul 23, 2007
By CHRISTOPHER TOOTHAKER, AP
CARACAS, Venezuela - President Hugo Chavez said Sunday that foreigners who publicly criticize him or his government while visiting Venezuela will be expelled from the country.
Chavez ordered officials to closely monitor statements made by international figures during their visits to Venezuela, and deport any outspoken critics.
**"How long are we going to allow a person, from any country in the world, to come to our own house to say there's a dictatorship here, that the president is a tyrant, and nobody does anything about it?" Chavez asked during his weekly television and radio program.
The Venezuelan leader's statements came after Manuel Espino, the president of Mexico's conservative ruling party, criticized Chavez during a recent pro-democracy forum in Caracas.
Government opponents argue Chavez, a close ally of Cuban leader Fidel Castro, is becoming increasingly authoritarian and cracking down on dissent as he steers oil-rich Venezuela toward what he calls "21st-century socialism."
During Sunday's six-hour program, Chavez assured private property owners their rights will be guaranteed under a pending constitutional reform.
Chavez is expected to present his reform proposal to the National Assembly, which is completely controlled by his allies, in the coming weeks. Few details have emerged from a special executive committee that he appointed to draft a proposal for overhauling the country's charter.
Also Sunday, Chavez announced an initiative to slash the salaries of Venezuela's top public servants. He said no public servant should make more than $7,000 a month. Most Venezuelans make minimum wage _ roughly $250 a month.
Reducing the pay of top officials has become a popular move in Latin America. The presidents Nicaragua, Bolivia, Peru and Costa Rica recently cut salaries, including their own, in response to widespread criticism.<< |
