pana_burda wrote:Come on Americandream, if you are of my dearest all time readers, how could I ever turn unfriendly at you, uhh?? >LOL<
Let me try to answer, one by one, your legitimate concerns:
Poverty was, is and will remain as consequence of bad public administrators plus the negative aid of corruption.
I can only speak for the country I am at but the true fact that earlier governments screw it up and blew up the chances to take us off those socio-economic holes and that those were "aligned" to perhaps a right wingish labeled view has had nothing to do with its counter productive performance. Same with newer ones and its left wingish labels attatched.
Your second concern is indeed a very recent Venz. characteristic . We have been, historically, a receptive country to which inmigration came by seeking for a better future. It has been since five to six years ago that the situation turned up side down, because of the economic AND political factors. Most of our professional youth is heading out for those very personal reason.
The third of concerns is not aplicable to this country. There is no racial inequality, nor indigenous explotation in Venz, at least. Its population is rather small and settled in mostly remote areas of our geography.
And the last one I think it mostly concerns to countries further down the south american map. To my best knowledge, we are not a nazi harboring country nor we have been under right wing dictatorships. Our previous military dictatorship ended right in 1957. All the way until 1998 we had five years presidential terms. Only this one has successfully managed to electorally trick its permanency up in power.
Now, what you may call as "throwing stones" to hugo chavez, in my deepest of intentions I am only giving those facts that I know, not everybody is aware of, outside of this borders. I think this very post is a clear example of that, isn´t it?
I think I have said it before but I have no problem to say it once again. Nobody is giving me nothing for doing this.
I am convinced that awareness of facts is a principle up on which a sane relationship between leaders and followers should be built.
And guys, I am very aware of the severe shortage/distortion there is about those news that leave this country, to inform people abroad.
Well thats not what I saw in my travels of Latin America, including Venezuela. In fact my memories are very much one of the Spanish/Portguese/Italian descended rulers or anyone light skinned enough to mingle with the ranks of that group enjoying what I felt was rather excessive, crude and conspicuous consumption.
My point is simply this. Your entire continent is a basket case of mismanagement and downright, should I say, infantile predispositions due to a lack of common vision.
In addition, selling your resources to the West at a knock down price out of some servile notion of misplaced loyalty whilst your region and country goes to pot is nothing short of stupid. What you fail to sow now, you shall not reap later.
In my travels to Cuba incidentally, I was most impressed with the roots of social democracy Castro has sown. The Cubans will be evolving from one level of ability to the next with the emergence of more open leadership.
You on the other hand have sunk to such levels of degradation, you aren't even aware of the perilous state you are in. In fact, it has to take a foreigner like me to remind you that you aren't really in touch with your country.
That, my friend, is abysmal!