Chavez laments 'capitalist excesses' - 24 Nov 07

Residents in Venezuela are enjoying a booming economy, reflected through a demand for consumer goods.

Al Jazeera's Lucia Newman reports on how Hugo Chavez, the president, is urging citizens to cut down on what he sees as "unbridled consumerism".

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[catface1965]

I note that Chavez opposes imported alcohol. What is is position on domestically produced alcoholic beverages?

At any rate, I think he is SO right about discouraging breast implants. Capitalist societies are all about selling fantasies of what can never really be. Do we want the real thing or a fantasy? I personally prefer REAL women with REAL breasts (even if smaller) to plastic-injected fantasy robots.

[nickvanzetti]

Viva Chavez!!! He is the new peoples leader now! it is up to the people to take advantage of the moment and seize power for a better world!! A New Human is being made in Venezuela and the rest of the peoples will have to follow!!!

[marcusos1111]

many people say chavez is a bloodthirsty evil dictator, well i dont see chavez invading other countrys killing inocent women and children than getting a nobel peace price. am i right mr obama?

[lenlee14]

the want for implants is not as serious of an issue as the purchasing of foreign whiskey and other imported goods. to keep the Venezuelan economy on an incline, local goods should be purchased more often than imported goods.

We as American citizens can also learn to purchase American made products. But Chavez has it on the NAIL with trading oil for other goods at affordable prices.

Even if he has a different mindset than Obama, at least he is taking more action.

[bonfirejovi]

inflation at 30%... what are you going to do about it dummy?

[badmuffy]

Chavez has the guts to say the truth to his people unlike the politicians here in America.

[Truth666]

From CNN to Al-Jazeera, from France24 to BBC, hide fate of hundreds of protesters jailed and murdered,

they non-stop broadcast "press conferences" by Ahmadinejad and his Goebbels "information" minister,

NATO agent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad v resister Hugo Chavez:

Chavez greeting the grotesquely rigged Iranian "elections" = example of the BIG LIE technique

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[valk75]

You are a real fool!

[6308281]

Just the beginning idiots soon he will have your country in chaos - can we say taliban or alqueda influence or maybe cuba - Wake up assholes he is buying you idiots till he becomes a permanent dictator - did not know you people could be bought so cheaply

[decimator333]

More communism not good. a Second Cold War amoungst us?

[hmasmelbourne]

Give it ten or twenty years, and chavez will drag venezuela yo hell into a hand basket.

[walaa925]

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