tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10659894.post2674546145607648142..comments2023-08-04T07:57:09.855+00:00Comments on Alek Boyd: Henri Falcon says Chavez PSUV party is a shamUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10659894.post-23402039454570816742010-02-23T20:03:30.052+00:002010-02-23T20:03:30.052+00:00The motto of this blog says it all really: no self...The motto of this blog says it all really: no self respecting, questioning individual has a chance within chavismo. What Chavez wants are puppets, yes-men, sycophants, zombies. Thinking individuals that question his authority are, quite simply, not part of the tribe. Remember: chavismo is a cult, based on the leadership and charisma of a fundamentalist caudillo, and his PSUV party, as Falcon rightly put it, is mired in group think, absence of meaningful debate, clientelism, clapping seals, etc. Chavez dictates what happens in PSUV, as he does in all spheres of public institutions in Venezuela. <br /><br />BUt then again, even the seals get hungry...ABhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10014152460206926913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10659894.post-34462225450861279122010-02-23T19:35:09.649+00:002010-02-23T19:35:09.649+00:00This is a most interesting topic Alek.
I learned ...This is a most interesting topic Alek.<br /><br />I learned of Henry (spelling?) Falcon's tensions with Chavez when Hugo threatened to nationalize the Lara state police during the student demonstrations in January following the closure of RCTV's cable channel. <a href="http://www.noticias24.com/actualidad/noticia/141903/henry-falcon-se-pronuncio-sobre-la-posible-intervencion-de-la-policia-de-lara/" rel="nofollow">Falcon rejected the threat</a> and promised to oppose such action if it was taken. <br /><br />I was also struck by a prediction Ibsen Martinez made in an <a href="http://www.elespectador.com/impreso/politica/articuloimpreso184970-los-tres-strikes?page=0,0" rel="nofollow">editorial published in the Colombian newspaper <i>El Espectador</i></a> at the end of January. Martinez said that there was now a crisis within Chavismo that was so profound it might (in translation) "well hinder the aspirations of Chavez to seek re-election in 2012."<br /><br />I wondered if Martinez was just speaking hopefully when I read that, even though I knew of Falcon's dispute over the police matter already. I guess there may be something to it after all.<br /><br />StJacques<br><br /> StJacqueshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09175612215903507624noreply@blogger.com