TAVIS SMILEY | Guest: Oliver Stone | PBS

Oscar-winning director assesses Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez vs. Cuba's Fidel Castro.

More conversations: http://www.pbs.org/kcet/tavissmiley/archive/201007/20100702.html

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• Oliver Stone
• Venezuela
• Hugo Chavez
• Fidel Castro
• South Of The Border
• Cuba
• Elections
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• Tavis Smiley
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[hatchi58]

put up the whole interview pbs

[PBS]

@hatchi58 The entire interview will be available on the PBS Video Portal later this week.

[Dcapac]

Because he was born in the U.S. These fascists believe that having a positive opinion about a social movement in another country automatically means you want, or should move, to that country. I praise Finland's high standard of living, I praise Europe's, India's, China's rich culture. Yet here I am.

[hamshow]

@mcv47 Just keep the U. S. OUT of South American affairs let them run their own country...

[outofnames0]

is that tom selleck?

[criminalistic]

i hear oliver stone is a bit "out there" is that true?

[riverdeer]

@chrisizq What did you disagree with?

[chrisizq]

Stone's favorite drink down in Venezuela was Kool-Aid....he drank a lot of it.

[riverdeer]

watched it last night on pbs, good Interview

[eperez2]

@mcv47 I think that every time I hear him and Sean Penn talk about Venezuela and Cuba...boy it sure is easy to compliment future dictators while you're insanely rich and living in a free society.