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• • 29 Dec 08
  • 4:16 pm

  Ken Brociner calls Chavez an authoritarian, yet Chavez has both been elected and won constitutional affirmation probably more than any other candidate in Latin America. Indeed, what he seeks with the upcoming referendum is the right to face the voters again. What kind of an authoritarian is that? Let's recall that the Republicans imposed term limits on the United States because they were unable to defeat FDR at the ballot box. Having read Ellner's work for years, he's hardly an apologist for Chavez, whose actions Ellner has critically assessed more than once. Thanks for providing Ellner with a platform. Chavez is …

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• • 27 Aug 07
  • 5:28 pm

  Thanks to Steve Ellner for a thoughtful discussion of Chavez and his politics and challenges. Given the close relationhip between Chavez and Fidel, and thus between Venezuela and Cuba, readers of this might be interested in the CubaNews list, a free Yahoo news group which has been active for seven years. Lots of material about Venezuela and about Cuba's relations with Venezuela can be found in this news group, including a database with over 70 thousand items which is easily searchable and you don't have to be subscribed to use it. Details: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CubaNews/ My father and his parents lived in Cuba …

  Posted to The Trial (And Errors) of Hugo Chávez