Venezuela Or As the Locals Call It; Hugo Chávez Land
There is a continent called South America, and no, Americans, it is not the Southern states I am talking about, it is a continent. Yes, there is a world outside yours. On this plate lies a country up North called Venezuela. Its official language is Spanish, and their official dance is the same as the rest of the continent; Latin. Trivia fact: South America is not part of the Vatican State.
Down here a man named Hugo Chávez has gained control of the country by being its president. While his intelligence is that of the current American president, he also dreams of power and especially more power. You can just imagine him as Palpatine from Star Wars: Episode III (I know, it sucked, but my point stands) screaming "POWER!" and frying Samuel Jackson... motherfucker.
And true enough, during his reign of terror he have tried to change the constitution of the country so he can become the president till his time is up. Which he predicts is 2050. As if his health and the world's will last that long. Anyway, while the man may appear funny, and could be the interest of many comedians, he also have a bad influence on his country. He is certainly a divider.
Chávez is largely supported by the poor people of Venezuela, because he promises them better uh... stuff? Dunno really what he does for them.
But what is worse is that the rest of the world is largely ignoring what is going down in Venezuela. Yeah, we hear it on the news, yeah, we read about it. But do we really care? Do we really have room for more caring? We already pretend to care about Afghanistan and Iraq. And North Korea and Pakistan. And Kenya and Sudan. And economics and terror. And so on and so on. Our caring usage is simply too much.
No excuse. Humans can care unlimited. That or you can simply revert your caring to other things. Such as Venezuela or how to optimise your code. A strongly recommend you visit hands on venezuela.org for more information about what is going down there.
by orvtech at 02-02-2008 00:01
"Down here a man named Hugo Chávez has gained control of the country by being its president. While his intelligence is that of the current American president, he also dreams of power and especially more power. You can just imagine him as Palpatine from Star Wars: Episode III (I know, it sucked, but my point stands) screaming "POWER!" and frying Samuel Jackson... motherfucker."
true, the fact that he was democratically elected does not mean that he is not a dicator.