Tag Archives: Hugo Chavez

Hugo Chavez Is A Genius!

I mean, who but an intellectual mastermind could have brought about this?

A Note To People Thinking Of Doing Business In Venezuela

Don’t.

Obama’s Nobel Prize: Editors Roundtable

We asked The New Ledger’s contributors and editors to share their thoughts on President Obama’s big Nobel Prize victory. “You know, in a very real sense, the Committee missed out on some real worthies. After all, Kim Jong Il and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad have done more to bring an awareness of the danger of nuclear arms to the world than anyone since Truman.”

Oliver Stone’s Useful Idiocy

So, the longtime controversial director seems to think that Hugo Chavez is “a democrat,” eh?

Hugo Chavez Wears Out His Welcome

It’s pretty impressive when protests against Venezuela’s dictator–I trust that we are allowed to call him a dictator now–reach the transnational stage:

“Should Joe Kennedy’s Chavez Ties Disqualify Him From A Senate Seat?”

Yes. And voters should find as much if Kennedy decides to run for his uncle’s seat.

Hugo Chavez Is A [INSERT FAVORITE SYNONYM FOR THE WORDS "TYRANT," OR "DICTATOR" HERE]

I’ve said it before, and I will say it again: I cannot believe that we actually had an argument over whether Chavez possessed any democratic instincts whatsoever.

Have I Mentioned Recently That Hugo Chavez Is A Dictator?

No? Well, let me mention it now: Hugo Chavez is a dictator. And a brutal one, to boot:

Quote Of The Day

Compared to radio stations, they’re getting off lightly.

In Venezuela, The Journalists Fight Back

There is no dispute in Hugo Chavez’s country over the fact that he is a dictator. His actions against the remaining vestiges of an independent media make that clear. Thus, it is comforting to read that Venezuelan journalists are not going to take Chavez’s depredations lying down:

- November 21, 2009 -

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