Obama wins and is congratulated by Hugo Chavez
Last night Barack Obama won by a landslide and became the president elect of the People’s Republic of Amerika, and was congratulated by Hugo Chavez, president of Venezuela, shortly thereafter.
Said Chavez, “the historical election of an Afro-descendant to rule the most powerful nation of the world is a symptom that the epoch change that has been gestated from the South of America could be knocking the doors of United States.”
Huh?
Anyway, I’m sure Hugo Chavez is hoping that U.S. spy planes won’t be flying in his no-fly zone anymore, but my advice to Chavez is, don’t count on it. Obama is an imperialist just like George W. Bush, except Obama wants to extend the welfare to people in the U.S. as well, and not just third world dictators like Kim Jung Il and Robert Mugabe.
Regardless, Chavez is hopeful that Venezuelan-American relations can be mended. In a press release, Chavez stated, “The Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ratifies its will and determination to build, based on a full respect to sovereignty, a constructive bilateral agenda for the welfare of Venezuelan and North American peoples”. Yeah.
Seriousness aside, I’m sure last night was a powerful moment for socialists all around the world.
Tags: 2008 election, barack obama, George Bush, Hugo Chavez, Venezuela
November 6th, 2008 at 6:00 am
Not really. Chavez in his speech was quite dismissive of Obama. Chavez went on Tv and made fun of Obama… he used an old Spanish saying to describe Obama ‘even if a monkey dresses in silk, it is still a monkey…” To quote, Obama represents the empire and until that empire comes down, nothing will change.
Here’s a link -if you understand Spanish -
ASERNE EN VENEZUELA – http://aserne.blogspot.com/
November 6th, 2008 at 9:42 am
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November 6th, 2008 at 11:45 am
@ Mika: I didn’t realize that. Thanks for the heads up.
I’ll look for a transcript of the video so I can translate it (my spanish is not so good)