Posts Tagged ‘Hugo Chavez’
Chavez on Obama: “Poor Ignoramous”
6:47 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Controversia|Latin America|Obama|Politics|Venezuela · 5 Comments
23 Mar 2009A couple months after saying that he “stinks like Bush”, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is once again striking out against U.S. President Barack Obama. He’s spittin’ mad for comments allegedly made by the U.S. leader and calls Obama “pobre ignorante” (“poor ignoramous”) on his TV show Aló Presidente (video above):
Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez said on Sunday his U.S. counterpart Barack Obama was at best an “ignoramus” for saying the socialist leader exported terrorism and obstructed progress in Latin America.“He goes and accuses me of exporting terrorism: the least I can say is that he’s a poor ignoramus; he should read and study a little to understand reality,” said Chavez, who heads a group of left-wing Latin American leaders opposed to the U.S. influence in the region.
Did Obama really say this? I can’t seem to find the citation anywhere, and it seems strange to me that someone who said he would sit down with Castro and Chavez and is reaching out to Iran would dare rock the boat with Venezuela, a country with which the U.S. already has a tenuous relationship. Does anyone know if this statement was actually made?
If it is true, it has absolutely zero basis in my eyes. Venezuela export terrorism? You can love or hate Chavez, but that statement is just not factual and wreaks of exaggeration and Republican scare tactics.
Via / Reuters
Sabado Morning Cafe Con Links
9:51 am By Maegan la Mamita Mala · Activism|Blogs|Cuba|El Salvador|Guatemala|Immigration|Internet|Linking Latinos|Philly|Venezuela · Comments Off
21 Mar 2009The Bustelo machine is running and this is what Mala is reading:
Raven’s Eye is live: Women and trans folk of color ISSUES have been done to death, we want OUR LIVES.
Seriously, where is the Change? Another Workplace ICE Raid
From the City of Brotherly Love :Where is the love for free speech and for Mumia?
Tech and Human Rights Justice in Guatemala
Is Cuba Keeping It’s Citizens Prisoners?
Ay that wacky Hugo Chavez is at it again.
And El Salvador’s new President wants to help with U.S. immigration.
Now go outside! It’s a nice Spring day.
Sabado Afternoon Links: Venezuela, El Salvador, Mexico, Brazilians, Washing, and Jon Stewart
11:40 am By Maegan la Mamita Mala · Blogs|children|El Salvador|Funny|Health|Linking Latinos|Media|mexico|Politics|Quicklinks|TV|Venezuela · 2 Comments
14 Mar 2009Mala is a little stressed out and seeking calm from the internet isn’t really helping.
I mean, mira, scary socialist Chavez is taking over everything, including highways, ports and airports.
It’s not like the U.S. to interfere in the elections of Latin American countries like El Salvador, right?
We could all just unwind in Mexico.
If we wanna a wax we’d have to skip Jersey.
We can’t even wash our kids anymore
Pero thankfully when all else fails, we have Jon Stewart.
Venezuela: “We Want to Open Doors to the U.S”
1:15 pm By Maegan La Mala · Latin America|Politics|Venezuela · 1 Comment
5 Feb 2009
After what can only be described as a disastrous 8 year relationship between the U.S. and Venezuela under the Bush administration, the Venezuelan government appears to be changing its tone (if not its rhetoric) with regard to the big bad country to the north. Venezuelan parlament members were in Washington D.C. this week and made some promising statements about changes on the horizon in the strained U.S.-Venezuela relationship:
“While the current government’s priority will be to resolve the economic crisis, it is necessary that we begin to dialogue in order to build new ways to come together, situations in which our similarities might be rescued,” said Francisco Torrealba, member of the National Assembly.
Torrealba says that he wants to re-ignite mutual exchange between his country’s national assembly and the U.S. Senate, something that had been lost under the Bush administration.
All of this sounds pretty promising, but Torrealba did criticize Barack Obama for “making negative comments about Chávez“, though he implied that Obama might have misled by others before making these statements.
Let’s hope Obama lives up to his campaign promise of dialoguing with Venezuela. It’s what’s best for both countries. But wait, what about these comments from Huguito?
Via / El Universal (Venezuela)
Last Friday a synagogue inside the Israeli Association of Venezuela, Caracas, was broken into and vandalized. The attack came just days before the 10th anniversary of President Hugo Chavez’s rise to power, which seems terribly convenient from multiple perspectives.
I am not saying the horrible attack was not real. It is an act that must be condemned especially if, as some sources have indicated, the house of worship was not only vandalized but also robbed of important documents that identify Jewish residents of Venezuela.
Pero the attack is being used by Chavez opposition and supporters and is spurring the creation of vast conspiracy theories of state sponsored hate in the South American country.
Israel vs. Venezuela: An Eye for an Ojo
7:52 am By Maegan La Mala · Controversia|Latin America|Politics|Venezuela|World · Comments Off
29 Jan 2009
A few weeks back, after initially having exercised some restraint with regard to Israel, Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez gave diplomats from that country the boot, effectively closing up shop on Israel-Venezuela diplomatic relations. Now it’s Israel’s turn; not to be outdone, they’ve given Venezuelan diplomats walking papers as well:
Venezuelan head of mission Roland Betancourt and two other diplomats were given until Friday to leave.“Due to the decision of Venezuela to cut relations with us a few weeks ago, we told the Venezuelan charge d’affaires that he and his staff should leave Israel,” Foreign Ministry official Lior Hayat said. “We told them they are declared persona non grata in Israel.”
Chavez Says Obama Smells like Bush
2:00 pm By Maegan La Mala · Politics|Venezuela · 2 Comments
18 Jan 2009
Hugo Chavez isn’t quite ready to make peace with the United States, even with a new president ushering in an era of “change”.
“I hope I am wrong, but I believe Obama brings the same stench, to not say another word,” Chavez said at a political rally on a historic Venezuelan battlefield.
“If Obama as president of the United States does not obey the orders of the empire, they will kill him, like they killed Kennedy, like they killed Martin Luther King, or Lincoln, who freed the blacks and paid with his life.”
If you remember, Chavez said in a speech at the UN in 2006 that Bush smelled like sulfur.
Chavez Gets Flowers and Makes Threats
9:17 am By Maegan La Mala · Palestine|Politics|Venezuela · Comments Off
12 Jan 2009
Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez has been showered with praise here in comments after he kicked out the Israeli Ambassador. Jordanians were so impressed with his move, that they sent him flowers.
Who else is Chavez looking to expel? U.S. Embassy officials.
Hugo Chavez Kicks Out Israeli Ambassador to Venezuela
8:19 am By Maegan La Mala · Gaza|israel|Venezuela · 13 Comments
7 Jan 2009
So much for the restraint Jen yesterday wrote about Hugo Chavez showing. Venezuela yesterday expelled the Israeli Ambassador, saying it was an act of solidarity with the people of Gaza.
From an official statement:
The Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela expresses, yet again, together with people across the world, horror at the death of innocent women and children—a product of the Gaza Strip’s invasion by Israeli troops and the continual aereal and ground bombardment systematically unloaded by the State of Israel on the Palestinian Territory.At this tragic and indignant hour, the People of Venezuela manifests its unrestricted solidarity with the heroic Palestinian people; share the pain that has overcome the thousands of families for the loss of their loved ones; and standing with them, the Venezuelan government affirms that it will not rest until those responsible for these criminal atrocities are severely punished.
The Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela sharply condemns the flagrant violations of the international law which the State of Israel has incurred, and denounces its planned use of State terrorism, with which this State has positioned itself at the margins of National order.
For the reasons outlined above, the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela has decided to expel the Israeli Ambassador and part of its personnel at the Israeli Embassy in Venezuela, reaffirming its vocation of peace and its existence that international law be respected.
The Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela has prepared its mission in accordance to the UN so that, together with the majority of governments who require it, pressure is put on the Security Council to apply urgent and necessary measures to stop the current invasion of the State of Israel against the Palestinian Territory.
President Hugo Chávez, who has supported encounters with high representatives from the World Jewish Congress and has always opposed all anti-Semitism as he has all types of discrimination and racism, makes a brotherly plea to the Jewish community throughout the world to oppose the State of Israel’s criminal policies that serve as a reminder of the worst pages in the history of the twentieth century. With the genocide of the Palestinian people, the State of Israel will never be able to offer its own people a prospect toward a necessary and long lasting peace.
Via / Kabobfest
Image Via / Inca Kola
Hugo Chavez Tells Venezuelan Jews to Denounce Gaza Attacks
2:20 pm By Maegan La Mala · Gaza|Religion|Venezuela · 1 Comment
6 Jan 2009
More verbal than Barack Obama and forever willing to comment on anything that’s going on in the world, Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez has put a call out to Jews in his country: denounce the Israeli military actions in Gaza. Rather surprisingly, he did so with good taste and decorum
“A Palestinian community lives here with us which we adore and love and there are also Jews that live here who we love as well, but I wish the Jewish community would declare themselves against this barbarism. Do it. Don’t you strongly denounce any act of persecution and the Holocaust? What do you think we are looking at [in Gaza]? Put your hand on your heart and be fair.”
Of course, he had other things to say, which fit well into his typical spiel, like how Fidel is called a tyrant but he has never invaded a country like Israel is doing now. And how Irani president Ahmadineyad is equally vilified, yet he has never taken action against any country.
What do you think? Are the comparisons fair?
Via / El Universal (Venezuela)
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