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Quote by: Slevin57  Yes, and Castro was just reelected.
The Venezuelan Congress are puppets, just like the Cuban Parliament.
Do I need to point out the fact that the state owned oil company in Venezual is Citgo..
You can't stand up to oil companies when you ARE an oil company. |
I would agree that they had some violent activities in that country which led to it's present leadership, which involved mass protesting by the people there.
It was a result of a revoluton. Just because a country holds elections does ot mean that they are democratic otherwise, as in cuba or as it once was in Iraq. The kind of a government that is established does not insure what kind of leader will emerge, good or bad, as each kind of government can have ether a good leader or a bad leader. Did you review the link provided? It noted that the oil in Venezual was controlled by contracts with a lot of companies such as Chevron, Mobel, and others. Citgo was perhaps a sub-division of that collective which hired a few native locals folks who took orders from the other outside companies. Which was in the hands of a former leader or poltical party, now that is being changed.
It is their country, their poltical party, and their oil. So what is the complaint?