The last week thousands of students have protested in several Venezuelan cities against the President’s ambition and strategy to get re-elected one more time.
According to Hugo Chavez, this “group of students, which mostly belong to very rich families and private universities”, are deliberately used as marionettes by those interested in putting Venezuela on fire.
I have the feeling Hugo Chavez’s time is about to end, but not by the effort of the (rich) students but by his own failure to bring together most of the Venezuelan people around a credible vision.
Hugo Chavez should have put more energy into the task of reaching consensus. Instead, he talked too much. Like a foolish dragon lost in time and space, he let to many incendiary words leave his jaws.
When it comes to the crunch, it appears like King Carlos of Spain was not that much wrong when he commanded the Great Commander of Venezuela to shut up.
To be “lagom” is the quintessence of being a white Swede. It means to be the barely discernible citizen who is faithful to the welfare state and who passes throughout room and time without leaving long-lasting tracks.
To be “antilagom” is a way of resisting a racist system’s assimilation process. It’s a state of mind very much needed in order to avoid becoming a silent slave.
Can the (rich) students stop Chavez?
19 01 2009The last week thousands of students have protested in several Venezuelan cities against the President’s ambition and strategy to get re-elected one more time.
According to Hugo Chavez, this “group of students, which mostly belong to very rich families and private universities”, are deliberately used as marionettes by those interested in putting Venezuela on fire.
I have the feeling Hugo Chavez’s time is about to end, but not by the effort of the (rich) students but by his own failure to bring together most of the Venezuelan people around a credible vision.
Hugo Chavez should have put more energy into the task of reaching consensus. Instead, he talked too much. Like a foolish dragon lost in time and space, he let to many incendiary words leave his jaws.
When it comes to the crunch, it appears like King Carlos of Spain was not that much wrong when he commanded the Great Commander of Venezuela to shut up.