Word: socialismã
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...This is not the first time Chávez has attempted to perpetuate himself in power. Two years ago, he proposed a referendum to modify the constitution to allow him to seek unlimited re-election and better implant his version of “21st-century socialism??. He argued that the Venezuelan constitution constrained his grip on power in a way that prevented his model society from coming to fruition...
...clever quip she is at a loss for words. But, like the news media loop, she is a worshipful student of the inflammatory sentence (i.e., the suggestion that Barack Obama has been “palling around with terrorists” or wants to “experiment with socialism??) certain to seize the public’s attention. And yet, just like the overplayed photo-ops whose intended meaning is forgotten as the glitches emerge with every repeated viewing (Dukakis’s tank experiment that torpedoed his campaign, for example) Palin has lost control...
...Russia and Georgia and problems like global warming and nuclear proliferation as areas where Americans and Europeans could work together. Lamassoure also said that France’s president, Nicolas Sarkozy, has brought about a significantly more pro-American climate in his country. He noted that Sarkozy has rejected socialism??the president has repeatedly said he admires the Anglo-American economic systems—and that he has announced that “he is a friend of the United States.” “Before, French leaders tried to show their independence from the United...
...Enter Hugo Chavez, the boastful believer in “21st century socialism?? who is eager for Russian economic and military support, just as he has been in the past with Iran and Cuba. Yet in the last year, the Venezuelan president has seen his political star begin to fade: After losing a crucial referendum that would have allowed him to remain in power indefinitely last December, Chavez has attempted to distract Venezuelans’ attention from the dire economic situation at home with a lot of show abroad...
...share of both wicked men, and individuals who countered their iniquity with crusades of justice. Pinochet, I believe, was a bit of both, but for the most part one of the latter. Pinochet—a devout and caring Christian man with an understanding of the dangers of radical socialism??deserves the respect from democrats the world around for his fight for freedom from tyranny in South America...