tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5467891.post115043049070025871..comments2023-11-03T04:19:00.473-05:00Comments on BOLI-NICA On Bolivia, Nicaragua, Latin America, US Politics, Globalization: Venezuela: Colonel Hugo Threatens To Eliminate Private TV StationsBoli-Nicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07416904838567704211noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5467891.post-1150661465790909722006-06-18T15:11:00.000-05:002006-06-18T15:11:00.000-05:00Caring for the people??? Would help if you read s...Caring for the people??? <BR/><BR/>Would help if you read some Venezuelan history before you say anything.<BR/><BR/>Chavez is just the latest in a line of Venezuelan rulers in boom times. They all act the same....through a highly centralized state, which allows foreign companies to operate to do some of their work, then take the money, doling it out first to cronies, buying off the rich - and then dole out money to the poor directly and through clientilistic networks. <BR/><BR/>Venezuelas prior regimes built more housing.Boli-Nicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07416904838567704211noreply@blogger.com