The legacy of Hugo Chavez

[JedMk2]

I rest my case ^^

[Loz]

Hmmm. Not a very good case, then.

[DaveR]

I thought it was worth reviving this thread so see if any of the Chavez apologists want to reconsider:

http://blogs.ft.com/beyond-brics/2014/03/10/venezuela-launches-new-fx-regime-as-shortages-worsen/?o=os

[????]

Or this bit of hindsight....

www.cityam.com/article/.../how-socialism-has-destroyed-venezuela

...or rightist propoganda for some....

[StraferJack]

don't know if it's work filters or what but when I try and access the article on city am I get

"Forbidden

You don't have permission to access /"

now that says SOMETHING, I'm just not quite sure what...

[Otta]

It says that it was a bad link.

Try this

http://www.cityam.com/article/1393351308/how-socialism-has-destroyed-venezuela

[StraferJack]

cheers otta

( "the man" flicked a switch really. yeah.... I know)

[????]

Nice to see in the Standard Chavez's annointed successor has snatch squads seizing demonstrators of the street on motorbikes to 'no one knows where'....still socking it to Uncle Sam though, so let's let them roughride all over freedom of the press/democracy and human rights eh

[StraferJack]

i searched the standard site for snatch squads and this was first result

"http://www.standard.co.uk/news/met-chiefs-fears-for-boroughs-as-beat-officers-are-drafted-in-to-student-riots-6546915.html/"

"He said police were considering banning protest marches but had no intention of doing so at present.

"Snatch squads" could seize troublemakers and challenge masked demonstrators. But Sir Paul effectively ruled out the use of water cannon saying he did not want to see a paramilitary style of policing."

but that was here in UK so it probably wasn't what you meant

I did find links on google to the Caracas story from 4 days ago but none of them worked - any chance you could furnish?

[????]

It was a photo - I googled this

evening standard venezula snatch squad

and it was the third entry, but I don't have an ES account but you'll see it's there and that was what it was about

[StraferJack]

Yeah I got the link but didn't knowni needed an account (they give the damn thing away free!)

I'll keep an eye out for other sources