Two headlines in Venezuela’s daily El Nacional:
Castro’s firing squad kills three hijackers of ferry (Front page and page B-10)
The three were found guilty of hijacking the ferry, there were no injured or harmed or killed, eight others were found guilty and face prison terms from two years to life. Interesting how quiet the US media is about this (except Miami papers, of course). There were only nine days between the hijacking and the sentencing, demonstrating its political nature. Where are all the Human Rights organization’s today?
Evo Morales: Venezuela is in the process of becomeing a second Cuba (Front page and page A-5)
Now, don’t get Mr. Morales wrong, he is actually very happy about this. As Head of Bolivias’ coca growers, he is delighted that we are going towards the Cuban model. According to him, this is wonderful, even if poor people are doing worse. In fact, in his rampant ignorance he says that in Bolivia GDP is growing, but he can’t see how people are doing better. Well, here GDP is shrinking but we can actually see how people are doing worse, but that is irrelevant to him. As a matter of fact, critical poverty under Chavez has become worse than Iraq’s! But you know, I must be a technocrat that only thinks of stupid numbers. Let’s grow more coca! Mr. Morales was invited to “celebrate” the anniversary of the Miraflores Massacre, which to him was “the people defending the Chavez Government” somehow.
So, after reading the front page, should I be estatic that my country is becoming a second Cuba? What does Mr. Morales have in his brain? Coca? Derivatives of Coca? If we are becoming Cuba, it is clear who has the weapons: The Government, not the opposition……
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