America, beware: Chavez is no clown!

In an exclusive interview with RT's Anastasia Churkina, popular author Nikolas Kozloff explains what Hugo Chavez is about, and what the U.S. has been missing out on in its neglect of Latin America.

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[Rose280387]

The reason why Latin America has lost the confidence to the U.S. it´s not just becouse of the Bush´policy. It´s becouse of the interventionism policy in the 70´s. when the U.S supported the dictatorship in Argentina and Chile (Plan cóndor), by example.

[thejydiffy]

I'm glad Chavez has some strong, intelligent support. that not everyone is buying into the american bull shit.. I'm American.. but I can see through the lies we are all being fed, and many of us are beyond full.

[IWANAROCKYEEEAAAA]

@chairde thenks to chaves venesuela has been declared free of analfatism,poverty is lower ,the public workers have hier salaries,new hospitals have been made and the older ones have goten new equipments, new electricity plants have been builded,the army has new equipment , the plan "vivienda para venesuela" made and it is still making hundreds of houses for the poor so how is chavez bad?

[IWANAROCKYEEEAAAA]

@EyFmS now there are new plants beign made a few of them allready finished and a nuclear plant will be operational in just a few years que viva venezuela!

[IWANAROCKYEEEAAAA]

@Rose280387 us suported the one in uruguay and in cuba and it have money to pupet states(chile,colombia,mexico)s­o they can opress the people of curse we dont truste the big empire of evil

[Seedofwinter]

@serhumanono The fact of the matter is that all nations are playing these geopolitical games in the Middle East that have to. It's easy for Russia and Venezuela to be just great "humanitarians" when they have the natural resources and oil to propel their economy. We, on the other hand, don't have oil, nor do a lot of our allies.

Now I don't agree with the stupid policy of overthrowing democracies and assassinating people, but I do think it's important to realize why these problems arise

[EyFmS]

@chairde It's up to th Venezuelans to decide of their future and to tell if Venezuela is a ''Gem'' for tourists to spend their vacations or for their children to be a place where their can have access to equal opportunity's for a better future.If they lack electricity right now it's because they need to change their system who was most probably owned by foreign company's.Now they will choose from who to buy their equipment without fear of from being controlled by foreign capital.Leave them be.

[chairde]

@EyFmS Wall Street has NOTHING to do with Venezuela today and look at Venezuela. It is a mess. Chavez ruined Venezuela and everyone knows it. It was the gem of South America and now it is one big slum. Sure everyone is equal, all live in poverty. The country can't even produce electricity properly. Throw away all of your worker's party books and learn what life is about. You live in a fantasy.

[EyFmS]

@chairde You can't rely only on nationalization but it is the first steps towards a healthy economic independence (note you can't be completely independent) and at least the majority of people will have access to a free higher education.The goal is to have people (who care for Venezuela,not Wallstreet) at important positions in key sectors.It take's years to balance the distribution of wealth,you don't seem to understand the abyss between classes in S.A.And we are not talking about Libya BTW.

[chairde]

@EyFmS So how is that nationalization of natural resources going for Venezuela? Has it lifted the people out of poverty and suffering. Is Venezuela now a leader in South America with the highest standard of living?

Is Chavez and his friend Kaddaffi now loved by workers all over the world? Hahahaha