El director Santiago Mitre y los actores argentinos Érica Rivas, Ricardo Darín y Dolores Fonzi, en la presentación de 'La cordillera', hoy en Cannes. By the end of the last century, Venezuela’s old constitutional order, which for four decades had rotated power between two ideologically indistinguishable parties. Este es el relato de una noche muy especial que se convirtió en una velada muy amena y llena de buenos momentos y sabores excepcionales, que me trajo recuerdos muy. Lolita calienta el invierno ruso. Se estrena en Moscú una version escénica de la legendaria novela de Vladímir Nabokov. ![]() ![]() LAS ARMAS DE CORONEL. London Review of Books. I attach the following comments on Greg Grandin's review titled . I am a Venezuelan geologist and have kept a running analysis of the Chavez years in my blog : www. In my view Ignacio Ramonet and Greg Grandin, among others, are failing in their attempts at creating a myth Chavez. ![]() He is progressively recognized as the main motor behind the current Venezuelan tragedy. The crisis had started decades earlier, in 1. He justifies the military coup staged by Chavez in 1. He fails to mention that Chavez had been planning this coup against democratically elected governments for about ten years, first as a student in the military academy and, later, as a member of the Armed Forces, finally to see it collapsing due to his clumsiness and cowardice. The country rejected the coup but did elect him as president six years later, due to the prevailing popular perception that a radical change in the political system was required. ![]() What Venezuelans did not realize was that change is not always for the better. Grandin speaks of Chavez’s bolivarianism as the foundation of his policies, although this was not true. He used the name of Bolivar to give his policies respectability but his true objective was to create in Venezuela a replica of Castro’s Cuba. Under the tutelage of Fidel Castro and inspired by extremist ideologues such as Norberto Ceresole and Martha Harnecker he created a fascist type of government in which he and the military were the dominant actors. He was expelled from power in 2. Venezuela until then but the military refused to obey him and, instead, asked for his resignation. He returned to power thanks to General Raul Baduel, who had the required fire power to decide. This event is well documented and Grandin’s claim that his return was due to a popular movement in his favor is a fantasy. According to Grandin Chavez put the oil money to good use into health and education, praising the so- called “Misiones” as examples of this strategy. The idea of the “Misiones” was given to him by Fidel Castro but it was far from being a true solution to poverty. They became simple handouts, the proverbial one fish a day, for people who were not being taught how to fish. The real impact of these “Misiones” was modest and rapidly dwindled. Data from the Venezuelan Central Bank concluded that the Pre- Chavez, traditional programs of aid to the poor, were much more effective than the “Misiones”, see: http: //lasarmasdecoronel. ![]() ![]() However, it has become evident, under the test of time, that these programs were only short- term and effectist. Today poverty in Venezuela is greater than ever before. Chavez’ subsidies created a legion of poor highly dependent on the paternalistic regime. For some time they had more money in their pockets but, as the money stopped flowing, they were left frustrated and poorer than ever. Grandin admits “he stacked” the Supreme Court with his followers and reined in the opposition media. Although Grandin recognizes these abuses he goes on to absolve Chavez, labeling him as a true democrat and forgetting to mention his efforts to change the constitution to become president “for life”. Grandin offers an idealized version of Chavez’s influence in OPEC. It is true that the years of 2. Saudi Arabia to cut production. As Secretary General of OPEC Venezuelan Ali Rodriguez never had the complete authority Grandin Claims. In fact, by July 2. In Grandin’s view the creation of Petro Caribe, the group of Caribbean countries receiving subsidized oil from Chavez government represented “a positive act of politicization of the Venezuelan oil industry”. The truth is that Venezuela has given about $3. ![]() OAS and the UN. Although this political allegiance has proven to be very useful to the Chavez/Maduro regime, it has been bought at an enormous cost to the nation, with money that could have been put to good use in Venezuela. Venezuelan economy, he says, “began to spiral out of control”. This is a dishonest claim. The Venezuelan economy had been out of control for years. In fact, when Chavez died the country was heavily indebted to China, a the tune of some $6. Venezuelan Central Bank international reserves had been raided by his government and the Missions (Misiones) had essentially collapsed, Chavez influence on Latin America had evaporated, oil income had largely been stolen or wasted and Venezuela was in ruins. El presidente venezolano fallece por complicaciones médicas tras su cuarta operación de cáncer. Se han decretado siete días de duelo nacional en Venezuela y el. Radio María Argentina Portal de Noticias y Radio Online, Noticias Web, Papa Francisco, Radio Online, Catequesis, Rezar, Espiritualidad, Dios, Virgen María. Programa 24 Temporada IV Serie Rutas Gastronómicas de Venezuela (I): Regiones Gastronómicas de Venezuela. Durante los últimos años el turismo gastronómico ha. ![]() ![]() Millennium Development Goals were not “impressively reduced”, as he claims. He says: “Now, the news is of infant deaths skyrocketing, of Venezuelans going hungry and many fleeing, either overland to Colombia or by boat to Curacao. Diseases the country hadn’t seen in decades are back, diphtheria among them. Vaccination rates have fallen, hospitals lack gloves and syringes, cancer and HIV patients are buying their medicine on the black market, and filthy operating rooms could double as sets for horror movies”. And he adds: “The unity that Ch. Mexico’s state oil company, Petr. Petro Caribe hobbles on. PDVSA is indebted and practically bankrupted”. It is totally wrong to pretend this collapse only came about after Chavez died. Of course Maduro’s ineptitude has added to the tragedy but Venezuela’s economic and social collapse already existed. According to a recent poll, 7. A slightly smaller but still large majority say he was Venezuela’s most democratic and efficient leader”. This is ridiculous. Only a poll paid by the government could have claimed such a monstrous lie. This review by Greg Grandin confirms the existence of a group of fellow travelers intent in creating a Chavez myth. Venezuelan reality shows that the popular memory of Chavez is growing more and more negative, as the country remains under the effects of his demented policies.
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