Saturday, August 21, 2004

A little baseball

Chavez did not choose to have the vote come to a decision between him and US imperialism. The Bush administration did. They thought he would lose and then fade away. In speeches before the recall vote, Chavez promised to "hit a home run against the gringos." After the results, he stated, "The ball has landed in the dead center of the White House … A gift for Bush." His baseball-playing background has come in handy in describing world events.

The implications of the vote are indeed huge. Today, Hugo Chavez is in the major leagues of world affairs. Some Latin American countries who were beginning to get closer to Chavez, but not too close because of US threats, are now willing to join him in transforming their own societies into more progressive units.

The last thing the Bush administration wanted was a person of Chavez’ views and personality to begin a popular movement to undermine US imperialism. Now they have it.

...Anybody who calls George Bush a pendejo in public is okay by me.
VHeadline article

That's from an article by Malcom Lagauche. I don't know who he is, but I understand his sentiment. (Pendejo is a Spanish word with more than one meaning, all of which fit Bush, and so was an excellent choice by Chávez - but I imagine the meaning that LaGauche is referring to here is "asshole".) The article also paints an interesting picture of Mr. Chávez, who is definitely an interesting character.

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