 righthand says: The voters will decide, with a far stronger opposition media than exists in the USA proselytising against the government. Venezuelans have not lost civil liberties the way people in the US or the UK have in recent years, and ordinary citizens continue to have more say in their government, and share more in its oil wealth, than ever before. It is doubtful that the referendum will reverse these changes, regardless of the outcome. He does seem to be trying to give the poor some healthcare and some hope. 'How about you?' "There are also amendments that would ban discrimination based on sexual orientation or physical health; provide for gender parity for political parties; guarantee free university education; make it more difficult for homeowners to lose their homes during bankruptcy. It is hard to argue that these are punishing or repressive measures "There is also an amendment that would provide Social Security pensions to workers in the informal sector, which would be a major anti-poverty measure, given that this includes about 41 percent of the labour force. "Another would reduce the working week to 36 hours. This is being reported in the media as a 6-hour day, but more likely it wi... "Another amendment would reverse the 1999 constitutional provision protecting intellectual property. This would not abolish patents or copyrights but would allow more flexibility for the government in addressing the enormous economic inefficiencies caused by state-protected monopolies, e.g. in areas such as patented pharmaceutical drugs. This is difficult to argue against on economic grounds. "There are other amendments that are more controversial, most of them added not by Chavez but by the National Assembly (Chavez cannot veto amendments added by the Assembly; these have to go to the voters). "For example, one amendment would allow the government to suspend the [i]"right[b]... "left of centre" is extremely close to centre, especially when 'centre' runs right through the middle of 'right'. True for you. Shades of red with Hillary a definite pink. Some may remember 'Pinko' was as derogatory as it went. Hugo is too much a true democrat for the sake of his own personal health. Recently he allowed the third level, ELITE, students riot day in day out. The law is no interference by police/army unless invited. He obeyed although it certainly was not in his interest. The Western press didn't report his upholding the law, but only the student riots. Hmmmmm! The west press is jealous in what Chavez is achieving! What i see is Chavez standing up to the empirical west and is asking why? I just hope hell doesn't break lose! I can't get mad at a man who wants to protect his country and is trying to get rid of the independence of the Central Bank......whom control the prices of energy resources and fine/ rare goods (ex. diamonds, gold etc.) at times along with the E.E.U. What i see is Chavez wanting his country to excel , while our leaders want our country to fail! Oh i looked at Margaret Thatcher on wiki. hmmmmmmmmm! DEVIL!!!!! It's sad! Really! |
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