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Originally Posted by FunkyTown
Yyyyyyyyes. I should point out as everyone on this board knows that I'm not from the US. I do not live in the US. I was born in Canada and now live in Britain.
And Hugo Chavez isn't a big fan of most western nations. He called Jose' Aznar, the Spanish Prime Minister, a 'Fascist' and actually repeatedly bashed him with the word while he was sitting beside the man. It took the King to say 'Shut up' to him to get him to stop.
Hugo Chavez may be popular locally, and I'm willing to be proven wrong.
Please, feel free to provide links to any speeches that show Hugo Chavez as being a tolerant, broad-minded individual with a moderate political stance.
Maybe something nice about his reactions towards protesters during his removal of presidential term as set out in the Venezuelan Constitution? Maybe something he said nice about the US? I'm certainly more than willing to accept that I might be wrong in this case. After all, international politics is a tricky business. I would love to hear that Hugo Chavez is polite and respectful to those he disagrees with, or who oppose him.
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He has said many good comments about the US, but for that you would have to speak Spanish, or I would have to translate them for you. I do not have time or energy to do that, and you don't have any time of motivation to learn Spanish. The media does not really translate any of that into English. The Constitutional Amendment has been passed by popular vote.
YouTube - Hugo Chavez Speech with English Translation(Feb. 15th, 2009)