Am I imagining it or is Chavez starting to back down from some of his most important autocratic decisions of the last few months:
—Chavez threatened to shut down broadcastin TV station RCTV and said “nothing” could stop him.
Now Chavez last weekend and the President of the National Assembly say they will abide by any decision by the Chavez controlled Supreme Court on the matter…ummm….
—Chavez announced that Venezuela would withdraw from the International Monetary Fund, which had some serious and expensive implications for the country.
Today Minister of Planning Giordani says that decision is in Chavez’ hands. Hold it! Wasn’t Chavez the one that already announced it? Who took it away from his hands in such a way that it is now back into his hands?….ummm…
—Chavez threatens to nationalize steel company Sidor, majority owned by Argentinean consortiuum Ternium.
Buenos Aires newspapers report Presidenty Kirchner saying that he told Chavez that he was tired of finding out about his problems reading the papers, but the problem had been resolved and there would be no nationalization….ummm…
The question is: Why the change of mind? Just too many impulses by the autocrat that have been restrained or decisions that have been reversed due to their extremenly negative impact on the image of the autocrat and his ineffective Government?
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