http://www.cipcol.org/?p=1360 Peace, security, human rights and the U.S. role in Latin America, from the Center for International Policy. Fri, 20 Aug 2010 00:36:29 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://www.cipcol.org/?p=1360&cpage=1#comment-8488 Camilla Sun, 14 Feb 2010 04:05:52 +0000 http://www.cipcol.org/?p=1360#comment-8488 Chavez's outlook is bleak. But that's what makes Venezuela's bright. Chavez’s outlook is bleak. But that’s what makes Venezuela’s bright.

]]> http://www.cipcol.org/?p=1360&cpage=1#comment-8464 Boli-Nica Sat, 13 Feb 2010 00:39:25 +0000 http://www.cipcol.org/?p=1360#comment-8464 So much for the "Caracas Consensus" These past 10 years so many people obsessed with the evils of Neo-Liberalism, the Washington Consensus, and Globalization have not only given Chavez a pass, theyt have openly hoisted his disfunctional economic system as a viable alternative. Doesn't matter if you are one3 of the worlds top oil producing nations, that oil prices were at an all time high, and you have hegemonic control of the state. Not to mention having enough money to buy off the wealthy. Command economies do not work, period end of story. So much for the “Caracas Consensus” These past 10 years so many people obsessed with the evils of Neo-Liberalism, the Washington Consensus, and Globalization have not only given Chavez a pass, theyt have openly hoisted his disfunctional economic system as a viable alternative. Doesn’t matter if you are one3 of the worlds top oil producing nations, that oil prices were at an all time high, and you have hegemonic control of the state. Not to mention having enough money to buy off the wealthy. Command economies do not work, period end of story.

]]> http://www.cipcol.org/?p=1360&cpage=1#comment-8456 Jaime Bustos Fri, 12 Feb 2010 04:42:51 +0000 http://www.cipcol.org/?p=1360#comment-8456 I have the feeling that Chavez has turned out to be a cobblestone in the shoes of the worldwide status quo. No matter how Chavez is ousted if by failed predictions of oil dropping prices, a Venezula embargo, money fueled nonconformism psy ops, by constant condemnations from the most hypocritical politicians or by a Coup d'état this guy will follow the steps of Shaddam. I have the feeling that Chavez has turned out to be a cobblestone in the shoes of the worldwide status quo. No matter how Chavez is ousted if by failed predictions of oil dropping prices, a Venezula embargo, money fueled nonconformism psy ops, by constant condemnations from the most hypocritical politicians or by a Coup d’état this guy will follow the steps of Shaddam.

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