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In reply to the discussion: Report: Chavez's cancer has 'entered the end stage' [View all]sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)what the facts are in other parts of the civilized world. Chavez is none of our business, yet as the Wikileaks cables revealed, the old Colonial powers, now allied with the US, ironically, are royally pissed of because he dared to reclaim control of his country's resources. They cannot stand when an upstart brown person from one of their former stomping grounds, where there was never a dictator they didn't love, actually manages to get along without them and bring real democracy to their people.
Chavez does what is best for HIS country. His people obviously agree as they have elected him over and over again, (our elections should be so clean) and the opinions of former colonial states, supporters of dictators, really do not count for much anywhere, except in their own minds.
South America has moved away from the US supported dictatorships, that part of the world is progressing, and gives me hope that there can be a better world where war criminals are held accountable, where the resources of a country are used for the benefit of the people, where people come first.
Maybe we should emulate them a little bit, especially their focus on people rather than Corporate profiteering which is destroying the formerly first world nations. We should, iow, mind our business because it sure needs minding and we really are not in a position to criticize anyone these days.