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Venezuela and Chavez's Victory Posted: Monday, August 16, 2004  Photo credited to AFP Look out! On 15 August I am going to hit [a home run] so hard that it will land in the gardens of the White House - Hugo Chavez, speaking during Alo Presidente, 1 Aug 2004 Chavez celebrates victory Why Venezuela has Voted Again for Their 'Negro e Indio' President Why He Crushed the Oligarchs The Importance of Hugo Chávez The turn-out in Venezuela last Sunday was huge. 94.9 percent of the electorate voted in the recall referendum. Venezuela, under its new Constitution, permitted the right of the citizens to recall a President before s/he had completed their term of office. No Western democracy enshrines this right in a written or unwritten constitution. Chavez' victory will have repercussions beyond the borders of Venezuela. It is a triumph of the poor against the rich and it is a lesson that Lula in Brazil and Kirchner in Argentina should study closely. It was Fidel Castro, not Carter, whose advice to go ahead with the referendum was crucial. Chavez put his trust in the people by empowering them and they responded generously. The opposition will only discredit itself further by challenging the results. Venezuela's Barrio Voting Centers Overloaded with Voters US nervous about Chavez Venezuela and Chavez's Victory 1.3 billion reasons to worry about oil With 1.3 billion people, a phenomenal rate of economic growth, and an insatiable consumer demand for cars, China will soon come into direct conflict with the United States over oil, the world's most valuable and increasingly scarce industrial commodity. The vile smell of voter suppression Israel's pipe dream: getting oil from Iraq Forgive Us, Says Germany "A TOP German government official on Saturday asked for forgiveness for the killing of thousands of Namibia's ethnic Hereros during the colonial era." "The Hereros have filed a N$20 billion lawsuit in a US federal court against the German government and some German companies which, they say, benefited from slavery and exploitation under German rule of what is now Namibia." Is Our Media Covering its Errors or Covering Them Up? Mainstream Media Complicit in March to War If You Want War, Get Used to Blood Palestinians: 2 Killed in Gaza Air Strike by Israel   Printer friendly version  Send page by E-Mail |