My advice to Yannick is stick to Media Matters or Granma in Cuba and carry on lecturing about how everyone else should live under Communism (but not Yannick of course, or those in Hollywood).

‘It’s alright for thee, but not for me!!’

Are you saying that you can look at Chavez and think he is good? You don’t have to like this scum bag to not like America or Bush or whatever. Can’t you have the courage to hold them all in disdain if you must and just TRY to be a little more independent? Or do you really think that Chavez is even remotely a decent human being?

yyyyyyyyyeah!
american propaganda rockz!
let’s go for 4th reich bwoys.

honestly, you suck, you uninformed, unintellectual stupid bastards

“Fulminating for war or something like that”: please document.

I would suggest that you learn more about Venezuela. Daniel’s blog is a good resource, as is Devil’s Excrement and Caracas Chronicles. Caracas Chronicles has a good introduction to Venezuela in its Beginner’s Guide to the Chavez Era.
I leave with exchanges between Chavez and some of his allies.

“You are and always will be a true freedom warrior.”
-Chávez on Mugabe

“I feel I have met a brother and trench mate after meeting Chávez.”
–Ahmadinejad on Chávez

“…a friend and brother.”
–Chávez on Qaddafi
“We have the same political vision.”
-Chavez on Bashar Al-Assad.

Fidel may be a fountain of knowledge about Ubre Blanca, but under Fidel’s control, milk production(page8) increased only 11% from 1958 to 1996, compared with 266% for pre-Chavista Venezuela. Yet Chavez says this about Fidel: “If we had to name a president of the world with enough powers to set it right, it would be Fidel. I believe in one decade he could set the world right.” ( my translation ) Yeah, right. Considering how agriculture has fared under Chavez, one can say that Chavez is following in Fidel’s footsteps. Increased control in the hands of one person leads ultimately to disaster. Venezuela has been following down that path for ten years, having forgotten its pre-1958 history.

I forgot about that “vivo” slang. I didn’t intend to mean it that way. It’s just a word that popped in my mind.
The FIRST thing that pops into my mind when I hear “vivo” is the con man connotation.

Be that as it may, Venezuelans voted in a golpista as president in 1998. They voted for him several days ago, and they got him. When the goodies dry up this year, some may ponder on their vote of several days ago. Some may accept Chavez’s scapegoating the pitiyanquis. Some may not.

You misread what I wrote. Slow down . . .

“most Americans (Dems & Reps) who travel to Latin America or work there associate mostly with the upper echelons.

“Vivo” is an interesting screen name, as in some countries in Latin America “vivo” is a slang term for a con man.”

I know there are great Americans like you doing great things in Latin America. That’s why I wrote “most Americans”.

I forgot about that “vivo” slang. I didn’t intend to mean it that way. It’s just a word that popped in my mind.