Concerning Venezuela
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The foundations of repression established by Hugo Chavez in Venezuela are slowly deteriorating and Hillary Clinton knows it. From a geopolitical perspective, when precedents of domestic policy are formally addressed and scrutinized by foreign powers strategically, one is viewing a significant catalyst towards the implementation of tangible change.
And so, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, on a mission to mend relations with a new and improved Honduras, took an opportunity during a recent interview in Sao Paulo, Brazil to touch on Venezuela’s crisis of democracy.
Clearly referring to our often-referenced authoritarian, Hillary noted that “…there are leaders in countries who just want to rule the way they choose. They don’t want to make their people freer, they don’t want to take away special privileges from the elite and share it with the people, they don’t want to change.”
More specifically?
“I see the free press that Brazil has. I saw it in very active participation where there were so many cameras and so many different reporters there. President Chavez is trying to stifle the press in Venezuela. If you say anything negative about him, he tries to shut you down. That is not the way a democracy operates. He is taking over companies and taking their assets and, unfortunately now, we see the results of those economic policies. There are electricity shortages in Venezuela, a country with oil. It makes no sense.
So we wish for a better future for the people of Venezuela. We wish that their government would govern more in the interests of all of the people. We also wish that there would be less rhetoric and threats coming from Venezuela. But that is not our choice; that is their choice. ”
We await the sure-to-be-entertaining response from Mr. Chavez. The circus should be underway momentarily.