The towards the policies of Chavez, who can pose as a left wing alternative that is viable within the free market economy is a growing movement. Unfortunately it is a road to nowhere.
What do you think the Soviet Union was? It was an Autocratic state that had a far more rationally organized economy than Venezuela does, all national resources were under state control. The Soviet Union also went through the 1929 depression completely unscathed. But the contradictions between a socialist economy attempting to survive in a capitalist world economy was the cause of its eventual demise. Again it is important to provide proof. Leon Trotsky's "The Revolution betrayed" one of his most important works, was dedicated to this problem. Trotsky who was a central figure and theorist in the Russian revolution with Lenin maintained that socialism in one country will fail. The Russian revolution is but the first shot of the world revolution on which its very existence depends. The betrayal of the Revolution by Stalin, the abandonment of Marxist principles, the attempt to build Socialism in one state will fail resulting in the Restoration of capitalism in Russia. The Russian planned economy that is central to socialist planning will be swamped by cheap goods produced by exploited cheap labor of the west and undermine Russia's economy precipitating collapse. The collapse and the reason for collapse were identified and clearly articulated in 1936. Nothing has changed. The Venzuelen form of socialism s left wing capitalism, and will not survive without the iron fist of Chavez, who imprisons or murders or political opponents. Check out Amnesty International on what they think of this fraud. Third parties, fourth parties, tenth parties will not resolve the criminality of the existing 2 major parties that is a product not of bad people within the party, but a system that when in crisis throws up the ruthless despots to defends its existence. Hitler was a bad man who just happened along. He was a figure that come to power on the necessity of German capitalism to resort to war and conquest to over come its abject poverty and destruction from the aftermath of WW1 the Versailles treaty and the depression. They had the scientific and military capabilities to follow this course, just as does the US today. No coincidence. > Venezuelan Economy Stays Strong Despite US Financial Crisis > September 17th 2008, by Tamara Pearson - Venezuelanalysis.com > > President Chavez speaks to the press informally following the press > conference (Prensa Presidencial) M�rida, September 17, 2008 > (venezuelanalysis.com)-- The Venezuelan economy is solid, in contrast > to current world financial turbulence and despite the drop in oil > prices, Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez said in a press conference > yesterday. > > Chavez categorized the collapse of the US investment bank Lehman > Brothers as a "financial collapse of global capitalism that affects > Europe, the United States, and all those who are snagged on the United > States economy." > > Lehman Brothers was the fourth largest investment bank in the US and > the announcement of its bankruptcy on Monday saw share prices fall > sharply around the world. > > Chavez took the opportunity to dismiss the bank's past criticism of > the Venezuelan government's handling of the economy. > > "They were always producing negative reports about Venezuela," he > said, "They forgot about themselves ... and 'boom!' they were > bankrupt." > > Lehman had questioned the strength of Venezuela's fast growing > economy, saying it relied too heavily on oil exports and was failing > to attract foreign investment. > > According to the EMBI+ index, which is often used to measure the risk > of investing in a country, Venezuela had risen 45 points on Tuesday, > to 935 units, making it the riskiest nation. > > On this, Chavez commented, "It would be good to look at the reports > from the last 5 years by Lehman Brothers about Venezuela, alerting > investors. But really where you can't invest now...is in the United > States, it is collapsing." > > "Investing in the United States isn't worth it." > > "Fortunately we have an economy that doesn't depend on the > fluctuations of the United States economy," he said. > > Chavez added that Latin America is creating its own system, involving > international agreements with other countries. He gave examples of > projects to create joint financial entities with Iran and Russia, > investment funds with China and Argentina, and the already existing > Bolivarian Alternative for Latin American and the Caribbean bank > (ALBA). > > "Rest in peace [Lehman]," he said at the press conference, whilst > assuring that "we're not glad" and that the loss of 600 thousand > million dollars is "horrible." > > Oil price drop > > Neither did Chavez express fear in face of the drop in the price of > oil in the international market, saying that there was no threat to > Venezuela. > > Venezuela is the number one producer of crude oil in South America and > oil is its largest export. > > "If the price of oil stays at around 100 dollars (per barrel), if it > stabilises around there, it's alright." He said that the price of > Venezuelan crude closed at $88.75 per barrel on Tuesday and that this > "is a situation that doesn't alarm us." > > "We should keep checking the map and monitoring, to see how the market > volatility evolves." > > Chavez reminded the press that in the period from August 2006 to > February 2007 the oil market registered a price drop of 35%, which was > attributed to the normal cycles of volatility in the market. > > "This isn't new," he said, reiterating that the government is > satisfied with the international prices. > > Continued financial relations with the US > > Despite the financial problems the US is experiencing, the drop in oil > prices, and the recent expulsion of their respective ambassadors, > Chavez declared that Venezuela has no intention to end commercial > relations with the US. > > Also, he reassured that as soon as the new administration is chosen in > the US elections, the government would re-establish the diplomatic > process. > > Last week Chavez expelled the US ambassador in Venezuela, Patrick > Duddy, in a gesture of solidarity with Bolivia. The move was then > reciprocated and the Venezuelan ambassador to the US, Bernardo > Alvarez, whom Chavez had already asked to return, was expelled. > > "We're prepared to send our ambassador. That's where all our staff, > all those in charge of business are... and we are still working on all > the projects that we have in connection with the United States, which > are quite broad: commercial, energy, and social projects." > > Alvarez said that the financial links between the two countries are > being maintained and he hopes they continue. > > According to him, between 2004 and 2007 trade between the US and > Venezuela increased by 72.4% to $50 billion dollars. > > Furthermore, Finance Minister Ali Rodriguez said that the government > is considering the current turbulence in the global financial market > as a good time to repurchase debt and they will decide in the next few > days. > > The government is planning to repurchase at least $1.5 billion of > external public debt to improve its financial profile.>end > > Peace, > Doc --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. 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