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Is Chavez losing his grip on the Venezuelan people? |
 Dec 3 2007, 07:06 PM
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 Junior Venter  Group: Members Posts: 4 Joined: 28-November 07 From: Vermont Member No.: 251  |
I read today on CNN.com that President Hugo Chavez's referendum to allow him to basically serve as president of Venezuela until his death was shot down by the people of Venezuela. This also prevents him from having complete control over the rich oil that so many around the world, especially the US, buy to fuel their own countries. Is this act by the people of Venezuela a prelude to a radical change in government structure and policy in Venezuela or just a minute occurrence?
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Dec 3 2007, 07:40 PM
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 Venting Addict Group: Members Posts: 612 Joined: 21-September 07 From: 1AU from a G2V Star Member No.: 81 |
Apparently they are smarter than he thinks
http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20071203/wl_t...featoverreforms -------------------- "Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts." "Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster"    |
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Dec 3 2007, 08:00 PM
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 Who's your Daddy? Group: Moderator Posts: 2,224 Joined: 13-August 07 From: Tampa Bay Area, Florida, USA Member No.: 11 |
QUOTE (The Jersey ThinkTank @ Dec 3 2007, 07:06 PM)  I read today on CNN.com that President Hugo Chavez's referendum to allow him to basically serve as president of Venezuela until his death was shot down by the people of Venezuela. They could have passed it and then killed him. giving him what he wanted, right? A lot of folks in the US, including myself, have stopped Venezuela's Citgo Oil. -------------------- I know you think you understand what you thought I said, but I'm not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant!  |
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Dec 3 2007, 08:51 PM
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Venting Addict Group: Members Posts: 612 Joined: 21-September 07 From: 1AU from a G2V Star Member No.: 81 |
QUOTE (JohnWho @ Dec 3 2007, 08:00 PM) A lot of folks in the US, including myself, have stopped Venezuela's Citgo Oil. same here 
-------------------- "Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts." "Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster" |
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Dec 4 2007, 12:04 PM
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 Venting Addict Group: Members Posts: 954 Joined: 13-October 07 From: Erin TN Member No.: 158 |
DITTO
-------------------- 'No arsenal, no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women.'
-- Ronald Reagan  I Search for the Sjogren's Foundation,Who will you search for? |
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Dec 4 2007, 01:29 PM
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 Vented Out Group: Administrators Posts: 1,424 Joined: 10-August 07 From: USA Member No.: 8 |
Even though the referendum was only defeated by a few percentage points, that it WAS defeated---and then permitted to be defeated---gives me hope for Venezuela and its future.
Z This post has been edited by Zarathustra: Dec 8 2007, 02:41 PM -------------------- Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one should be silent.
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Dec 7 2007, 12:55 PM
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 Advanced Venter Group: Members Posts: 298 Joined: 15-November 07 Member No.: 231 |
While I think it was just a minute occurence, it certainly looks like the beginning of the snowball effect.
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Dec 7 2007, 11:33 PM
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Venting Addict Group: Members Posts: 612 Joined: 21-September 07 From: 1AU from a G2V Star Member No.: 81 |
Seeing is believing, and 2013 is a long ways off
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7131993.stm -------------------- "Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts." "Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster" |
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Dec 8 2007, 09:48 AM
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Venting Addict Group: Members Posts: 954 Joined: 13-October 07 From: Erin TN Member No.: 158 |
His ex is giving him hell You go girl
-------------------- 'No arsenal, no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women.'
-- Ronald Reagan I Search for the Sjogren's Foundation,Who will you search for? |
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