The Bolivarian revolution and the equitable distribution of misery
George Chaya
November 06, 2008
One of the most useful indicators of the degradation of the quality of the institutions in Latin America is the management of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez Frías. Evidence of this phenomenon, but suffice it to mention the latest statement of the Inter-American Press Association (IAPA) that he claims to the Venezuelan government more freedom and less interference with the press to believe that his position against the independent media and journalists has motivated vandalism of unprecedented violence that are restricting the freedom of press and the public right to information.
The management of authoritarian Hugo Chavez is virtually frayed before the world, but even so, adding thick continuous mistakes that have surpassed their cursing and insulting the president and passed to various heads of states at the same time, it appears that the nerves of president are "more active" than usual. Chavez has emerged as the factor that divided Venezuelans and divides its civil society, caused tremendous damage to the social fabric of one of the oldest democracies of Latin America. Its fascist and authoritarian policies, not leftists, have led Venezuela to a climate of continuous and acute polarization in society that brought no little effort to rebuild.
What today is appreciated, is not new, but it has to be regrettable. The fact is that since offices of the state of progress on the individual to stifle the free expression of ideas and information. The tough style and the countless clumsy policies, the subjugation of the discrepancy and the enactment of laws that led to economic recession largely explain the steady loss of political capital of President Hugo Chavez. The professional bodies which should be the rule are mere operational posts in the service of factional impulses of a government that has decided to attack a sector of society with which they feel upset. The Chavez government, with very low capacity for the argument in defense of his policies, has chosen to impose their views on society to the charge against the assets of the media with rude fantasy terms.
This atmosphere is felt in recent years, has become thicker in recent days. The ties of the Chavez administration and its officials with extremist movements and terrorist groups like the FARC, ETA and Hezbollah, though not surprised, if it deepens even more pathetic of the violence that lies within the Chavez government.
From the highest judiciary is still monologue in control of the media who, by recounting what happens, they begin to be identified as another cause of all ills in Venezuela. This attitude everyday, hides, as it has always happened, a former authoritarian prejudice, which monitors the press to society and the handles, as well as ratifying the historical aspiration of the demagogues in to intimidate the press and manipulate it repeated the historical mistake of tyrannies.
However, this climate of hostility not only originates in the authoritarian reflexes of those who govern. In many cases, there is also an economic intent. That is, attacks are launched systematic corral for the owners of the means with the expectation of getting in that way; they pass into the hands more convenient for power.
Also concerned the chapter on the limited achievements in the fight against corruption, endemic penetrated this deeply into the Venezuelan Armed Forces to provide general funding for social projects, to perpetrate fraud shamelessly in his administration. However, no one has gone to jail for robbing the public coffers and after nearly 10 years of populist rhetoric is becoming increasingly exposed to collapse one by one the alleged actions "to protest the Bolivarian Revolution." Many of the actions of government that were taken did not have anything to the population, and finish of ineptitude reached its peak with the illegal expropriation of the properties of the most productive agricultural nation to deliver Bolivarian cooperatives, inexperienced , Knowledge or resources to keep them operational.
Another step erratic and negative although supposedly "in favor of the excluded," was the package of legal measures totally hostile to entrepreneurs and foreign investors that smothering and strangling the country's economic activity. As a result of these disasters ineptitude many companies have left their offices and moved to countries such as Colombia, Mexico and Brazil, which has diminished the capacity of employment and self-sufficiency in the country to alarming levels.
The Chavez regime has also committed terrible mistakes in exchange rate policy issues that have complicated access to foreign exchange to the private sector, which is on the verge of collapse sector importer of goods and commodities. From this collapse was not spared neither the network Mercal, which has had to be replaced by PDVAL, a new subsidiary of PDVSA, which is fed directly from the spending of oil. As a result of such wrong policies, consumers now have to make endless queues to buy products from the daily diet, when they can achieve this clear. Even in PDVAL is already talk that will be imposed "chips" to ration purchases of family groups, to the best Cuban style.
At this stage of the facts and there is no doubt that the Bolivarian revolution trumpeted honors and ratifies the ever-existing idea of this great statesman Sir Winston Churchill was ironic when saying that "if the inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of property, the inherent virtue of socialism was, and remains as ratifies the management of President Hugo Chavez - the equitable distribution of misery".
The management of authoritarian Hugo Chavez is virtually frayed before the world, but even so, adding thick continuous mistakes that have surpassed their cursing and insulting the president and passed to various heads of states at the same time, it appears that the nerves of president are "more active" than usual. Chavez has emerged as the factor that divided Venezuelans and divides its civil society, caused tremendous damage to the social fabric of one of the oldest democracies of Latin America. Its fascist and authoritarian policies, not leftists, have led Venezuela to a climate of continuous and acute polarization in society that brought no little effort to rebuild.
What today is appreciated, is not new, but it has to be regrettable. The fact is that since offices of the state of progress on the individual to stifle the free expression of ideas and information. The tough style and the countless clumsy policies, the subjugation of the discrepancy and the enactment of laws that led to economic recession largely explain the steady loss of political capital of President Hugo Chavez. The professional bodies which should be the rule are mere operational posts in the service of factional impulses of a government that has decided to attack a sector of society with which they feel upset. The Chavez government, with very low capacity for the argument in defense of his policies, has chosen to impose their views on society to the charge against the assets of the media with rude fantasy terms.
This atmosphere is felt in recent years, has become thicker in recent days. The ties of the Chavez administration and its officials with extremist movements and terrorist groups like the FARC, ETA and Hezbollah, though not surprised, if it deepens even more pathetic of the violence that lies within the Chavez government.
From the highest judiciary is still monologue in control of the media who, by recounting what happens, they begin to be identified as another cause of all ills in Venezuela. This attitude everyday, hides, as it has always happened, a former authoritarian prejudice, which monitors the press to society and the handles, as well as ratifying the historical aspiration of the demagogues in to intimidate the press and manipulate it repeated the historical mistake of tyrannies.
However, this climate of hostility not only originates in the authoritarian reflexes of those who govern. In many cases, there is also an economic intent. That is, attacks are launched systematic corral for the owners of the means with the expectation of getting in that way; they pass into the hands more convenient for power.
Also concerned the chapter on the limited achievements in the fight against corruption, endemic penetrated this deeply into the Venezuelan Armed Forces to provide general funding for social projects, to perpetrate fraud shamelessly in his administration. However, no one has gone to jail for robbing the public coffers and after nearly 10 years of populist rhetoric is becoming increasingly exposed to collapse one by one the alleged actions "to protest the Bolivarian Revolution." Many of the actions of government that were taken did not have anything to the population, and finish of ineptitude reached its peak with the illegal expropriation of the properties of the most productive agricultural nation to deliver Bolivarian cooperatives, inexperienced , Knowledge or resources to keep them operational.
Another step erratic and negative although supposedly "in favor of the excluded," was the package of legal measures totally hostile to entrepreneurs and foreign investors that smothering and strangling the country's economic activity. As a result of these disasters ineptitude many companies have left their offices and moved to countries such as Colombia, Mexico and Brazil, which has diminished the capacity of employment and self-sufficiency in the country to alarming levels.
The Chavez regime has also committed terrible mistakes in exchange rate policy issues that have complicated access to foreign exchange to the private sector, which is on the verge of collapse sector importer of goods and commodities. From this collapse was not spared neither the network Mercal, which has had to be replaced by PDVAL, a new subsidiary of PDVSA, which is fed directly from the spending of oil. As a result of such wrong policies, consumers now have to make endless queues to buy products from the daily diet, when they can achieve this clear. Even in PDVAL is already talk that will be imposed "chips" to ration purchases of family groups, to the best Cuban style.
At this stage of the facts and there is no doubt that the Bolivarian revolution trumpeted honors and ratifies the ever-existing idea of this great statesman Sir Winston Churchill was ironic when saying that "if the inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of property, the inherent virtue of socialism was, and remains as ratifies the management of President Hugo Chavez - the equitable distribution of misery".
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