Not only is Venezuela suffering from the joys of dictatorship, it is also one of those places where most of us only think of coffee, and mountains, and colorful natives, not jihad.
Islam has come to Central America and Chavez is a leader in the rise of Islamic jihad in that part of the globe... http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=37133 http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2006/September/middleeast_September479.xml§ion=middleeast&col= http://articles.latimes.com/2008/aug/27/world/fg-venezterror27 This is another example of creeping sharia and stealth jihad, aided and abetted by those who have stated their animosity towards anything Western. Watch C.A. closely, especially Chavez. Dark clouds loom on the southern horizon. Barry Miami Herald > February 8, 2010 > > Venezuela heads toward disaster > OUR OPINION: Region's leaders need to act > > > What little is left of Venezuela's democracy has taken a literal beating > from President Hugo Chávez's uniformed goon squads -- again. > Police used a variety of weapons, from water cannons to plastic bullets, > last week to disperse hundreds of student protesters who refuse to > knuckle > under to an increasingly desperate and unpopular president determined to > remain in power at all costs. > While the president and his followers were celebrating the anniversary of > the failed 1992 coup that first brought him to national attention, the > students were protesting the deterioration of their country. It wasn't > the first > time that Mr. Chávez has resorted to force to quell peaceful political > opponents, but the frustration level inside the country is rising as > Venezuela's political and economic situation goes from bad to worse. > Rolling blackouts, currency devaluation and price inflation (the worst in > Latin America), water shortages and scarce commodities -- this is what 11 > years of a Chávez presidency have produced. > Dismal energy program > As if to underline the utter befuddlement of Mr. Chávez's inept > government, an advisory team from Cuba, of all places, was brought in to > improve the > dismal energy program. Cuba? That's like asking Scott Rothstein for advice > on legal ethics. > The problem with PDVSA, the oil company, as Venezuelans well know, is that > Mr. Chávez turned it into a sinecure for political cronies, destroying its > once admirable efficiency and productive value. Only by putting the > experts > back in charge can it hope to recover, but President Chávez is not about > to hand authority over to anyone who is not a known loyalist. > The problems at PDVSA are emblematic of what's wrong with Venezuela and > why > his Bolivarian revolution is in trouble. Mr. Chávez has run the economy, > and the country, into the ground, but that hasn't stopped him from making > trouble wherever he can. > As the streets of Caracas were in turmoil, the U.S. director of national > intelligence, former Admiral Dennis Blair, was giving Congress an > unvarnished > assessment of Mr. Chávez's presidency that underlines the danger he > represents to the entire region. > He has cultivated friendships in all the wrong places, beginning with > Iran, > spent $6 billion to buy weapons from Russia, and provided covert support > to the terrorist Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). > Pressure Chávez > All of this spells disaster for the people of Venezuela -- and the > hemisphere. It can be avoided only by the concerted effort of other > countries in > the region to pressure Mr. Chávez to moderate his behavior and adhere to > the > rules of democracy. > Isn't that what the Organization of American States is for? Mr. Chávez has > undermined, if not destroyed Venezuela's once vibrant, if imperfect, > democracy. He has bullied his neighbors, fueled a regional arms race and > brought > political tensions inside the country to a boiling point. The region's > leaders shouldn't wait for domestic bloodshed or a cross-border conflict > to > move them to act. > _______________________________________________ > Centroids mailing list: Centroids@radicalcentrism.com > http://radicalcentrism.com/mailman/listinfo/centroids_radicalcentrism.com > Archives at > http://radicalcentrism.org/pipermail/centroids_radicalcentrism.com/ _______________________________________________ Centroids mailing list: Centroids@radicalcentrism.com http://radicalcentrism.com/mailman/listinfo/centroids_radicalcentrism.com Archives at http://radicalcentrism.org/pipermail/centroids_radicalcentrism.com/
