06/20/2005
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President Chavez was just waiting. He was just waiting to vent his thoughts and
turn them into words. And this is what happened last Sunday morning during the
broadcast of his weekly radio and television programme.
The Model. The Venezuelan President also commented on the economic model proposed by Bush,
a treaty for a free trade zone for the Americas, a kind of common market for central
American countries. Last week during a meeting of OAS, Organisation of American
States, Chavez stated that an economy based on these principles would increase
the level of poverty in the region and that social protests would continue: “No,
the Latin American people say No to Bush. No to Mr. Danger!” The Venezuelan President,
however, congratulated the Bolivian people, “who at least opened up the way towards
peace, even if it almost arrived at the edge of a civil war.”
The Blame. “What has caused the crisis in Bolivia? Could it be the President of Cuba, Fidel
Castro? Could it be the President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Hugo
Chavez? No, it’s George.W.Bush who has caused it; it’s all that he wants and all
that he represents. Neo-liberalism, capitalism, these are not positive for our
people. They are the road to hell, to destabilisation, towards violence and war
between brothers.” Chavez had responded in this way to the provocation made by
US Under Secretary Roger Noriega, who, during the OAS conference in Florida had
said, “it’s clear to everyone what role Chavez has in the Bolivian crisis.”
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President Chavez’s view of United States politics
President Chavez was just waiting. He was just waiting to vent his thoughts and
turn them into words. And this is what happened last Sunday morning during the
broadcast of his weekly radio and television programme.
This time it was his statements on the crisis in Bolivia and the position of
the United States that took centre stage.
The President’s words were very profound and, above all hit hard at the sworn
enemy of Venezuela: the United States of America. Throughout the transmission
of his sermon, the President maintained that the free market politics promoted
by Bush were truly a “medicine of death” for Bolivia.
Chavez vs. Everyone. The head of the Bolivàrian Republic of Venezuela made it known that politics
exported from the USA and the total lack of control of the economic market has
provoked, “social exclusion, extreme poverty and destabilisation”, adding that
Bush’s decision to propose a free trade agreement is like a “medicine of death”.
Chavez didn’t miss the opportunity to declare: “No Sir, I’m sorry”, he said in English almost mocking the subjects of his discourse. “We countries
of Latin America say no, Mister Danger. Your idea of poisoned medicine has failed. The people of this continent are
building a road like the one of revolutionary and socialist Cuba, and which is,
and always will be. an example for us.”
The Model. The Venezuelan President also commented on the economic model proposed by Bush,
a treaty for a free trade zone for the Americas, a kind of common market for central
American countries. Last week during a meeting of OAS, Organisation of American
States, Chavez stated that an economy based on these principles would increase
the level of poverty in the region and that social protests would continue: “No,
the Latin American people say No to Bush. No to Mr. Danger!” The Venezuelan President,
however, congratulated the Bolivian people, “who at least opened up the way towards
peace, even if it almost arrived at the edge of a civil war.”The Blame. “What has caused the crisis in Bolivia? Could it be the President of Cuba, Fidel
Castro? Could it be the President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Hugo
Chavez? No, it’s George.W.Bush who has caused it; it’s all that he wants and all
that he represents. Neo-liberalism, capitalism, these are not positive for our
people. They are the road to hell, to destabilisation, towards violence and war
between brothers.” Chavez had responded in this way to the provocation made by
US Under Secretary Roger Noriega, who, during the OAS conference in Florida had
said, “it’s clear to everyone what role Chavez has in the Bolivian crisis.”And Oil? Venezuela is the world’s second largest producer of crude oil, producing 2,791,900
barrels a day. It also exports to the USA. For some time President Chavez has
given his friend President Fidel Castro a special price for crude oil, in exchange
Castro has sent free of charge dozens of doctors to Venezuela.
Alessandro Grandi
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