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Originally Posted by Baron Morte
Hugo tchaves is ****ing numbnut. He staged a coup a few years ago and now (much like a good old nazi after the burning of the reichstag)
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Are you claiming he staged the 2002 coup? If so, can you provide evidence?
Or are you talking about the one which took place 15 years ago and was a failure?
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he has all the power he needs to do nasty things, from importing migs, ak´s, and whatnot from ex socialist countries, to writting his name on the national flag and draw a leftist horse on it.
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Given the context of Latin American political history generally, these hardly sound like particularly "nasty" things. Especially if you compare Venezuala to the bloody military dictatorships which have occurred in the past in Argentina, Chile and Brazil.
As for the Venezualan flag, where does it have his name on it? The changes which took place recently put the eighth star on and the coat of arms which does not have Chavez's name in it. Yes, the horse now points left instead of right....so what?
Defence spending is a waste and I would prefer it if governments did not spend their resources on such things, but I would point out that Venezuala spends less of their GDP on it's military than Brazil and far less than the United States.
To be honest your three "nasty things" are pretty feeble tbh, especially when viewed against the considerable gains in Venezuala which have been made in the provision of healthcare, literary programs, etc.
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He already placed his puppet regimes on equator and bolivia, marching on many others...
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These "puppet regimes" are both the results of democratic elections which saw an upsurge in populism. Yes, I'm sure the results in Venezuala influenced other elections, as people are seeing the potential in such movements.
And besides what influence Venezuala does exert is a healthy counter-balance to the influence of the United States and Europe who traditionally have (at least tacitly) supported the old elites who have governed a region which despite considerable natural resources has grinding poverty for a good proportion of it's citizens. It's hilarious to hear people like Condoleezza Rice speak of Venezuala's interference with other countries affairs when the United States has thousands of occupying troops in other countries and has a long and shameful history in Latin America in particular of supporting which ever unsavoury regime is perceived to support their interests.
As for the comparison with Castro, I agree upto a point (although one cannot over-simplify) but I would need see this as much of a criticism of Chavez.
You speak of nazi's but to be honest your reaction sounds like it fits Leon Trotsky's definition of fascism as "the petty-bourgeois run amok".