Powerful words by Alexandra Beech of Veninvestor describing the presentation by former Venezuelan Ambassador to the UN Milos Alcalay in her daily review of March 12th. In particular she was offended by “these Stepford Children who share New York with me” referring to the pro-Chavez students, secretaries and activists that attempted to make Alcalay look bad by asking what he had done when previous human rights abuses had taken place. And she was shocked with the Consulate Secretary that calle a priest attending the event a “white collar thief”.
But the best part is when Alexandra gives this very brief, but poignant description about why the opposition rejects Chavez:
The opposition rejects Chavez because he represents everything that is wrong with the country, and nothing that is right. He feeds the poor with food and hope to maintain their support long enough to remain in power. He turns Venezuelans against their fellow Venezuelans. He keeps Venezuela split, instead of united. He distorts the concept of democracy so that his opponents are coup plotters instead of citizens who want to exercise their freedom to sign him out of power. In his paranoid state, every action is a coup, every opponent an enemy to be crushed. Steeped in narcissism, he thinks Venezuela is about him rather than of the millions of Venezuelans who are Venezuela. He uses Castro to control his military and indoctrinate his followers, and allows himself to be used by Castro in support of his “revolution”. A revolution alright, but a revolution that has revolutionized how quickly a country can become extremely poor, desperate, and miserable. His current hero is Mugabe, hardly an example of someone who values freedom and democracy. In fact, the truest racist of all.
The opposition rejects Chavez because he continues to impose himself on the country long after his appointment with history ended. But by blocking the referendum through manipulation and repression, he is finally acknowledging that he is a dictator with no need for a pluralistic, democratic, and free-thinking society. Venezuelans oppose him because they yearn for a free and democratic society, not the structures of the past, but not this volatile state either.
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