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Related: About this forumHugo Chavez Keeps Showering the Poor
Hugo Chavez Keeps Showering the Poor
By Peter Hart
Feb 25 2013
If I had a nickel for every newspaper article that included language like this about Venezuela, I'd have
a whole lot of nickels, I guess. From Sunday's Washington Post (2/24/13):
Using his considerable charisma, Chavez was able to win unconditional support from the poverty-stricken masses as he hollowed out or attacked institutions ranging from the courts to the press.
That permitted him to forge a more direct, personal connection with his followers. With billions of petro dollars under his control, he solidified Chavismo's reach by doling out jobs to supporters and showering the poor with gifts.
So the poor "unconditionally" support Chavez for attacking the press, and he "showers" them with "gifts."
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Hugo Chavez Keeps Showering the Poor (Original Post)
Judi Lynn
Feb 2013
OP
They forgot to mention that "the poverty-stricken masses" are less than half as large
Egalitarian Thug
Feb 2013
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Deep13
(39,154 posts)1. I thing he might shower them with gold, in a manner of speaking. nt
Arctic Dave
(13,812 posts)2. No bias at all in the media.
Fox News has an international stoopid factor.
Egalitarian Thug
(12,448 posts)3. They forgot to mention that "the poverty-stricken masses" are less than half as large
as they were when he was elected.
Judi Lynn
(160,545 posts)4. FAIR, January: Hugo Chavez: Why Does He Hate Us?
Hugo Chavez: Why Does He Hate Us?
By Peter Hart
Jan 11 2013
If there's one thing media want you to know about Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez, it's that he doesn't like the United States. On the PBS NewsHour (1/10/13), Ray Suarez told viewers that Chavez
antagonized Washington, it seemed, whenever he could, forging friendships with Iran's Mahmoud Abbas, Syria's embattled Bashar al-Assad, and he formed an especially close bond with Cuban Presidents Fidel and Raul Castro.
On the CBS Evening News (1/8/13), Scott Pelley said: "Chavez has made a career out of bashing the United States and allied himself with Iran and Syria."
While it's hard to say Chavez has made a "career" out of U.S.-bashinghe does have, after all, a full-time job as president of Venezuelayou, too, might be excused for harboring some hard feelings towards a government that helped to try to overthrow your own. Which may be why U.S. reports rarely bring up the 2002 coup attemptand when they do, treat Washington's involvement in it as another nutty Chavez conspiracy theory.
More:
http://www.fair.org/blog/2013/01/11/hugo-chavez-why-does-he-hate-us/
Demeter
(85,373 posts)5. As Opposed to Showering the Obscenely Wealthy, They Mean?
Like the US does?
bemildred
(90,061 posts)6. They are just pissed off because he is not sucking up to them.
If he was their boy, every thing he has ever done would be just peachy.