EFL, Translated from Spanish. Geez, a two and a half hour speech. Wotta windbag. Though for half a billion, I guess I'd sit through it and smile. I kinda see this is Chavez' Mein Kampf. It states pretty clearly what he is up to. Hmm, and using petrodollars to achieve your political goals in the region. Where have we seen that before? (PS Argentina is widely believed to be the Latin country that came closest to acquiring nukes.)
The President of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, said that his country will buy US$500 million in Argentine goverment bonds. Chavez made the announcement in Montevideo, the Uruguayan capital, after meeting with his counterparts from Argentina, Nestor Kirchner and Brazil, Luis Inacio Lula Da Silva.... In a public act in the city hall of Montevideo, Chavez said that the acquisition of Argentinian public debt is something that "already has been decided." "It is a small sacrifice, but we make it because we know the burden that debt has placed on Argentina, and furthermore it is the fault of neo-liberalism [this is a slam at US economic policy, not the Democratic Party; trans.]," emphasized the Venezuelan President.
In a speech of two and a half hours long, Hugo Chavez added, "We are resolute that the 21st century will be a century of liberation, of bringing equality to our peoples. I am convinced that capitalism is not the solution the the problems of of misery and inequality." The Venezuelan President added, "We are not going to finish in one day, nor in one country, but I am convinced that the path is socialism. It is not just any socialism. It is not a question of whether to buy new models, it is the question of something to succeed that is the grand measure of success; we are obligated to invent socialism [I had a lot of trouble translating this sentence. It's probably as meaningless as it seems, but I'm always open to constructive criticism.] |