It Begins
Wannabe dictator (T)Hugo Chavez is now taking the first formal steps to turn Venezuela into Cuba South. He is now threatening to expel the American ambassador. Because the US ambassador told the world that Chavez could not simply steal American investor's money and had to pay a fair price for the "nationalized" (Read ruined) assets. Generally speaking, the expulsion of an ambassador is considered a very, very hostile act in diplomatic circles.
CARACAS, Venezuela - President Hugo Chavez warned Thursday that the U.S. ambassador could be asked to leave the country if he continues "meddling in Venezuela's affairs."
The outspoken Venezuelan leader lashed out after William Brownfield said U.S. companies and investors must receive a fair price for their shares of Venezuela's largest telephone company when it is nationalized.
"If you continue meddling in Venezuela's affairs, first of all, you are violating the Geneva agreements and getting yourself involved in a serious violation and could … be declared a persona non grata and would have to leave the country," Chavez.
Earlier Thursday, Brownfield told local Union Radio the planned takeover of CA Nacional de Telefonos, or CANTV, should proceed "in a transparent, legal manner" and that Venezuela's government must offer "fair and quick compensation to the people who are affected or the owners."
"These are the only obligations that a government has when it decides to nationalize an industry," he added.
Venezuela is about to descend into Cuban-style poverty. And (T)Hugo appears to be willing to erect a self-imposed wall around the country just as Fidel Castro did. Pity the people of Venezuela. They are on the way to hell right now, led by a nasty little would be tin-pot dictator with a huge ego.
World news | Gaius Thursday, 25 January , 2007
By Quilly Mammoth, Thursday, 25 January , 2007 @ 11:46 pm
They are on the way to hell right now, led by a nasty little would be tin-pot dictator with a huge ego and a pocketful of petro-dollars.
Which makes him so much more destabilizing than Fidel whose only income for extraterritorial play came from the Soviet Empire.
By Gaius, Thursday, 25 January , 2007 @ 11:48 pm
Yeah, I know. Just hope oil prices stay way down long enough. He’ll fail fast if they do.