Sean Penn: Venezuela’s President Faces Same Challenges Obama Faced in 2009

[Bacchus4.0]

http://www.mediaite.com/tv/sean-penn-venezuelas-president-faces-same-challenges-obama-faced-in-2009/

In an interview with Al Jazeera, actor Sean Penn defended Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, who’s government has led a bloody crackdown amid protests over shortages and political repression. Penn called Maduro’s predecessor Hugo Chavez a “great friend” and said that Venezuela’s president faces unrest over economic hardship much like President Barack Obama faced when he took office.


“President Maduro inherited a lot of the growing pains that were left, and the problems that came of a country largely forced into paranoia, largely forced into certain relationships that maybe are distasteful,” Penn said.

He added that Maduro is similar to Chavez in that he is “in love with his people and his country.” When he was asked if he thought the Venezuelan people were in love with Maduro, Penn said it was important to “be careful.”

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“The frustrations are real, but, you know, they are frustrations of an identity up against — we see it on an economic level with President Obama and the United States,” the actor continued. “How quickly we forget the devastated economy he inherited. The devastated credibility of his country he inherited.”

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Correct Sean, CHavez left a disaster but Nicolas is an inept leader who is simply continuing the same failed polices that Chavez implemented.

[Marksman_91]

1. So he's admitting the economic crisis was inherited by Maduro?

Oh wait, so that means that he's admitting Maduro inherited a mess which came with 14 years under Chávez rule with the biggest oil bonanza a country could ever hope for. Big "oops" on there, Mr. Penn.

What a hypocrite this guy is. He considers himself a hardcore leftist but has no problem benefiting from the sweet old capitalist system that made him a millionaire in the first place.