thecrouchmonster Yeah like in my country when we had communism when the glorious leader decided to bulldoze a large part of the capital and move people into shacks without windows so he could build a palace for himself. Don't worry it was called the People's Palace. Then he bought a yacht while the last few bits of the economy stopped being productive and people had to wait 6-12 hours to buy meat and drive cars only on some days because there was no more money for gas. Long live communism!
Because poor and ignorant people are easy to manipulate, they don’t want think they wanna feel, feel they are saved from suffering but they cannot understand what price they have to pay for feeling that.
I disagree, I thought the video was quite sympathetic towards Chavez. Whether you agree with him or not the one thing we can all agree on is that he was a man who excited peoples passions.
For an intelligent species we sure seem to have a hard time learning that socialism doesn't work. How many more are going to die worldwide in attempts to create utopia? How many times does this lesson need to be learned? Yes, we need to lift people out of poverty. No socialism won't do it.
Socialism has lifted hundreds of millions out of serfdom and poverty in China only. One of the most socialist parts of the world are Scandinavia and north-west Europe. Both the most prosperous and advanced societies where one can expect solidarity form ones fellow countrymen!! Unlike the United Fascists of America where you are kicked when you fall! Like this "documentary" you have a fascist/capitalist worldview. For that, you and your kind are biased, unreasonable, blind and ignorant.
It's not the system that's the problem. Theoretically, it can work, what holds it back is the execution. If I recall, Vietnam, despite it's acquired capitalist policies is still Socialist and while they aren't a major country, they seem to get by alright. When it all comes down to it, it's not the method of how a country is run that's the problem. It's the leader himself.
Omniia Sunt Communia. Allen Dulles said during the Cold War. It's always hard to persuade people that in this world, the poor should be plundered by the rich.
For an intelligent species we sure seem to have a hard time realizing that human beings have survived through mutual cooperation, and by protecting the weak and vulnerable in their midst.
Implying that Chávez DID turn Venezuela into that? Well, I thought I was discussing this with a serious person. Go read, about social, economical, and political reasons for crime. Then, and only then, we can discuss.
Capitalism is inhumane? In Western Europe, before the development of capitalism in the late 1700s, life for many Western Europeans was similar to life for nearly everyone else in the world at the time. Merely surviving was an immense struggle, and, on average, people were not expected to live beyond the age of 30. I believe in western civilization, free speech, free press, rational enquiry, human rights, civil liberties, liberal democracy, and a secular state. If you don't, move to Venezuela.
If my family had been in the U.S. it would have been MUCH simpler to get out of poverty. In our case EDUCATION played the biggest role, my father graduated from a free university. Opportunities have nothing to do with anything in Venezuela. Opportunities are there for those willing to take them, but most of the people are looking for the easy way, the shortcut to riches. My grandma came to Venezuela alone with 5 kids after the war. Lazy people are lazy, and like everything for free... period.
What are you talking about? I'm venezuelan and you should check your source and your information before sharing it just like that. I mean, of course there's still poverty but not like 15 years ago. Not at all.
I am a very proud and a very very devout muslim,thanks to God but I always loved this deceased President of Venuzuela.A very courageous bloke who did not bow to his enemies under any cirmumstances unlike the leaders of many many countries in the world.Evil powereful leaders of the world are worst than any dictators of the past and present.Please do not address me directly in any manner or fashion regardless of what you think of anoyone.Thanks
Oh wait..you are that original poster. Now you confuse me; are you for or against socialist ideals (in part or full..not suggesting anyone need be an absolutist) and if pro, then why do you hope socialism dies with him..curious..or did I miss your point completely? I do not disagree with the point your history teacher made, I quite agree with it.
I lived 16 years under this dictator. Only hugely IGNORANT ppl think he did good. 7 MILLION VENEZUELANS fled the country, over 20% of its population 😢 Why you think that is... IGNORANT LEFTIST PoS?!?!?
El Presidente reduced poverty by 50%, severe poverty by 70% and created a liveable society for the poor and working classes. Something that had not existed in Venezuela before.
I have lived in Mexico, Guatemala, Jamaica, Venezuela and I would recommend Guatemala if you have a chance. I might be wrong, since I haven't been there in a few years, but the jungle is quite overwhelming, peaceful and immense. I like to visit archeological sites wherever I go and I made a road trip from McAllen to Cancun, and stopped in every pyramid I found along the way. Never trust anyone more than you should or less than they deserve, keep money and valuables out of sight. Cheers.
I wouldn't know if cancer sucks... my dad would. As I said, he did not return the land to the peasants, he "encouraged them to seize the land from the previous owner". He couldn't "return" the land to peasants since it wasn't theirs to begin with. He bought them (and their vote) with the promise of the land and then forgot about them. He was just a vengeful dictator, who believed those who worked hard didn't deserve what they worked for. My grandmother came to Venezuela escaping from a war...
@@Flipson456 No. It's because Venezuela seized and shut down all the factories. And now it doesn't produce much of anything of its own. How's this tax-the-rich policy working out now?
He took nothing from the rich and gave it to anyone... he just taught the poor how to gain confidence, to think for themselves as persons and to fight for their rights... showing to the people the importance of reassuring their capacities and their own worth.. it wasn't about oil or land... it was about self-esteem and love...
This documentary has proven beyond a shadow of a doubt who was the good and the evil in this situation.. If you think US Imperialism is the good guy here, and the oligarchs in Venezuela, then you probly don't understand why Chavez is the good guy, but he is. History is on his side.
An observation made by the US Labour and Human Rights lawyer, Dan Kovalik, made struck home with me. Hugo's supporters are disproportionally afro or indigenous Venezuelan, because they have been the oppressed and voiceless of his compatriots.
For the last 14 years of my live, i have only knew the joke that my country was uppon, my school has decresed harshly, text books are incredibly low cuality and we cant find basic elemtents, sometimes we have power outages during classes and worst of all we have to live in never ending paranoia rutine, i cant have a good cellphone because i might get robbed, is this what the world need? no. many young venezuelans have fled from our country, distroying and separating families, but what i feel is the embarssment of a beutiful country that has become a joke. even though i love my country, and i wil stick together to it and try to do the best fot it, but i cant stand the image that the world is seeing so please change your view of our country, we are going to be great when people realize that this isnt the Venezuela that we deserve.
Interesting. For the first few lines of the post it sounded like downtown USA. It's true that capitalism and competition works better than central planning. But in this global age of massive multinational companies - who have no national allegiance - we have a much more serious problem coming. The model for investment and share price is growth. Infinite growth. Finite resources, finite supply and distribution, but infinite growth. Exponential growth. This has become a problem that is destroying the planet. We are already fighting over declining resources. No-one talks about it because there is no answer.
Chavez may not have been perfect, but I hold him in high value. No leader who makes tough decisions gets treated all-fairly and all-loved, but he balanced the scales. Forget the ideals, see what people actually do.
wait can you please explain because I know the situation in Venezuela is horrible but Americans don't like the Chavez mostly because he stopped oil trade with them and he's friends with the enemies of the U.S but in terms of being a human being he never oppressed his people or murdered them. Only censored the media, but that was after they started getting involved in his personal life and the media is mostly run by his opponents.
through the video, the media criticizes him freely, the opposition can go on the street and protest without being scared of prosecution and people collect signatures against him. Calling him a dictator, especially when he's been elected consecutively is a bit farfetched isn't it?
Simplifying: for the first time ever, wealth is being shared in Latin America and extreme inequality, slowly, tends to disappear. The rich rule the midia. The rich could always afford a car. But for the first time, the mailman, the butcher and the cashier can also afford a car. The traffic is worst than ever, there's a lot of Volkswagens blocking the BMW and, of course, there must be someone to blame.
i think you're mixing up some facts... Germany was ally with the Japan Empire during ww2 but never with Russia... Russia was an ally of the united states... and if i forgot the nanking massacre you also did on korea, vietnam, south america, 911, libia and syria...
Chavez has not died, he is multiplied in millions around the world who are willing to stand up to defend social human rights, now and forever, individually and collectivelly, like good and free healthcare,good nutrition,good and free education,asistance and pensions for vulnerable population,political freedoms,religious freedoms,gender freedoms,expression freedoms,economic freedoms,property freedoms,equity and equality.I have proof to back any argument you throw.
lets start with ur first sentenced: how is socialism demonized? I live in europe and every person i've ever talked to, told me that socialism isnt such a bad idea after all. Even my history teacher said "well all these socialist leaders werent real socialists they were just despotes and the socialist idea itself is actually really great". Nowhere in my surrounding has socialism been demonized. I grew up with the usa being the bad guys and capitalism being a corrupt system.
When Chávez was elected in 1999 on an anti-corruption platform, Venezuela ranked 45th in corruption world-wide out 190 countries according to Transparency International, an NGO based in Berlin that tracks corruption. Today it ranks 177th. So on this metric, Venezuela's Bolivarian Revolution is an utter failure. And for a country that sits on top of the world's largest proven reserves of hydrocarbons, Venezuela is now seriously close to default on its international debt. It imports 70 percent of its food. In October 2014, Venezuela was forced to import gasoline to satisfy internal demand. Its gas prices are the lowest in the world at one US cent per liter or a nickel per gallon. The price of gas was last raised in 1989. No government since has dared touch this for when Carlos Andrés Pérez did so in 1989 it led to a coup attempt. Such a low price of gas, however, leads to speculative arbitrage and much gas is siphoned off illegally to Curaçao, Trinidad, Guyana and Colombia. It gets worse. Because Venezuela has a three-tiered forex regime, international companies can't repatriate earnings back to their home countries so few companies are willing to invest in Venezuela. The airline industry has been hit hard by the exchange rate mechanism so now Caracas is slowly being left without connections to the outside world. Airlines won't accept cash for tickets and apart from Venezuelan airlines, tickets have to be bought online, paid for in dollars and in the country of origin of each airline. Air Canada stopped flying. Alitalia ditto. TAME did as well but then Maduro secured an agreement and a three times a week Quito to Caracas flights were resumed. American Airlines cut its weekly flights from 48 to 7. Avianca, the Colombian airline, ended all flights to Venezuela except Caracas and cut those from 3x daily to just once. The Venezuelan government owes the 24 international airlines that once served Venezuela over $4 BILLION USD. Not a misprint. While Argentina is now in a technical default due to a lawsuit with vulture funds, Argentina actually has cash to meet its obligations. Venezuela doesn't. But there is one really big difference between Venezuela and Argentina. That second sentence in the above paragraph. Argentina can feed itself, cloth itself, supply its own gasoline. Venezuela can't do any of these things. So at the moment, Venezuela is trying to sell CITGO, its US based refinery and distribution system. But no buyer is biting. Why? Because why buy for a dollar today what can be bought for pennies tomorrow. It is difficult to foresee how all this plays out. Venezuela is likely to become a pariah state and failed state where increased repression becomes the only way to sustain an unsustainable regime in power. The proverbial shit will hit the fan and for a country that can't keep toilet paper on its shelves, that is quite the problem.
Socialism without a partnership with, free enterprise/private sector/capitalism, HAS NEVER WORKED anywhere in the world. Examples - Soviet Union and it s block. China, Cuba, etc. in most of the world goverments are practicing some form of socialist/capitalist economy, that includes the USA for decades, welfare programs, free legal defense, etc.Correa in Ecuador and Lula in Brazil, even though they criticized the US foreign policy, denounced capitalism, etc. in fact unlike Chavez they worked with the private sector/capitalism, etc. and the economy grew benefiting everyone, in Venezuela Chavez policies did improve the life of the poor, but destroyed the economy for the middle class which are now poor!! The wealthy took their money and business expertise somewhere else, just like happened in Cuba and the Cuban community in Miami, etc. became the middle class and wealthy class in cuban society!! THESE ARE JUST FACTS!! I understand the criticism of american foreign policy, etc. I am not a politician, I am an economist!!! Some leaders are popular but they are not good leaders for the majority, for Chavez to say DAMN ISRAEL, is worse than any arab leader because Venezuela is a christian nation!!
By the way, those corruption rankings are totally corrupt as a lot of things aren't taken into account... the obvious example being that the USA is by far the most corrupt country in the world, funding terrorists to win proxy wars for them in Syria, Libya, Guatemala and so on, killing more people worldwide than any other nation, supposedly toppling foreign governments to save the people from governments they installed and pushed to start major wars like Saddam Hussein against Iran but then killing an infinite amount more people than Saddam ever did, leaving a breeding ground for terrorists which they can use in proxy wars with the help of the extreme Saudi's version of Islam as their close ally and in general leaving the countries much more dangerous, impoverished and hopeless then when they came... I can go on but I'll hold for now.
Right because you presume to know more than trained professionals who work selflessly for an NGO based in Berlin. Secondly, you conflate corruption with imperialism. Two wholly separate issues. Funding proxy wars is not in of itself an act of corruption though corrupt practices may behind these. Iran-Contra for example. Or the role that Haliburtion played in the invasion of Iraq. While Venezuela and the US are both kleptocracies there are vast differences between them. And it is simply not factual that the US has killed more people than any other nation. Maoist China and Stalinist Russia were far worse.
It's becuase I didn't allow Hugo to bamboozle me the way he did with you. It's not my fault Hugo never walked the walk and refuse to share a single penny of his two billion he had with the poor.
You have no idea, and you have not suffered because of this man. He spent 14 years destroying one of the richest countries on earth. You experience what it is for a family to be broken, to suffer loss and have 14 years of a man insulting rigth and forth. Don´t fucking dare patronize me!
SO according to this documentary he was bound to exit the throne either way? why I find it hard to fathom since, according to what I watched, he created deep divisions between the rich and the poor. In that case he would forever have the majority support come rain come shine. A bit contradictory, right?With all said and don, the key difference is to whom the army pays allegiance, anything else is just mere details.
It happened quickly under Hitler but Mao and Stalin took a while. Have you considered that perhaps we are merely witnessing the beginning stages, and the switch is to come later? It depends on the leader, but all leaders are human, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
I didn't mean any disrespect, I'm sorry you misinterpreted my words and thought I was referring to you. I meant I cannot take half-truths as information or I would pay dearly with an uneducated guess at what the reality is. There's no better way for you to evaluate the "net" value of the late president unless you come to Venezuela. Everything else is hear-say... I have the benefit of having a US dollar salary, and the devaluations are beneficial for me, on the short term. I keep my position.
The US didn't take France back by themselves they were supported by a variety of forces and they on there own didn't take ALL the beaches by themselves and i'm not saying the US didn't have a big influence on the victory of WW2 but the weren't a one man army.
This bloke is great,why do people, middle and upper class always think that they should get more than the working class who generally work that much harder and, this is not communism,it's just a fact that many middle and upper class feel that they have this right to always be within this comfort zone
I am so surprised at how ignorant many people are of who Chavez really was. Please, watch the following video in youtube: The War On Democracy.I promise you, you will never look at the US or Chavez in the same light again.
socialism is something I think is a great idea, but I think you are the one who doesn't understand socialism. Chavez didn't have socialism, Fidel Castro doesn't know socialism. You might want to look towards Chile to find true socialism, but I doubt you like that his president is a wealthy businessman. most "pseudo-socialists" hate when others earn what they can't... We're not equal, and we should not have the same things if we make different efforts.
The problem in third world countries is totally differrent. Many people work WAY over what they should and what did they get paid? A miserable wage.... Venezuelans did know very well what Chavez was about, even those that hated him. They hated him because ha cared for the poor. And yes Slovakia does have a central bank and no our politics here is not yet corrupted so much as is in US that banks are openly supporting presidential candidated through donations. Here Gov and banks are teeth to teeth
i didn't say I wasn't going to read it because it was left-wing, that's your assumption... I didin't read it because it's a pamphlet. I read plenty left wing newspapers, just not propaganda pamphlets. Find a reliable source, it's all I need. You can't base "good decision making" on what you "read"... period. "Based on what I've read, he's been a net benefit."
Its easy to say he was successful when you go from 100% inflation to 22% inflation, However, Average Inflation in 2009 in Latin America was 6.1 %, which is now most likely higher. Venezuela still has the highest rate of inflation in all of Latin America, where as it should have the least because of its resources.
I think you missed my point. I grew up in Europe too...I'm saying that here in the USA (as 'only' Americans proclaim) is where socialism is referenced as such a negative, I dont suggest that it is at all. I grew up with much of its benefits, although not rich and without luxuries I wasnt in fear of being homeless, without medical care or without food. I'm not personally demonizing socialism, my statement was a response to another posters statement that he hopes socialism dies with Chavez.
Sadly the default for YOU is "unknown", in my case I know what I live. It's always easy to defend something from afar :) You're a remote control socialist, you like watching socialism on TV, but would probably be outraged if you had to go to 4 different stores to TRY to find rice, with the most probable outcome being that you return home empty-handed. Being equal is great, I support that, I would like to be equally safe in the street, not equally prone to getting killed over a cheap cellphone.
@@vinnovation447 before Chavez I mean...why would they be sanctions and blockades? I thought it was a western style governance before...I assume it just never took off...
Look at all of these people commentating that have never been to Venezuela. Chavez's policies, however honest, failed. Crime is up, unemployment is up, 20% inflation, nepotism through nationalization, his policies turned what should have been a Rich Venezuela, comparable to Saudi Arabia, into a mess. Sorry if you hate what I have just said, but it is all true.
Dependence does NOT foster self-esteem. Period. Of course people lose motivation when their needs are met. How would their instinct for meeting their needs be exercised otherwise? If you're paid the same regardless of the job and how well you perform it, people lose motivation. This is very, very, VERY simple. You must have poor visualization skills to not see it. You're out huh? I'm clearly not trolling here, I'm trying to have a debate. You're just copping out.
you hit the nail on the head. I do not advocate the present assault on oil-bearing nations by NATO-aligned nations which include Canada, Britain, France, Australia to name a few. Because I live here doesnt mean I support corporate dictatorship and exploitation. I recommend viewing the two minute cartoon video narrated by John Perkins, former IMF/World Bank economic hit-man titled 'How the World Works'.
Saddam was a CIA operative, put in place to assassinate the former Iraqi leader of the late 50's. He first failed, then returned five years later and formed his political party which overtook the government of the day. It was when Saddam no longer wanted to support the trade of Iraqi oil in US dollars that his fate was sealed. Saddam's rule fades in comparison to the millions of Iraqi's killed by NATO-aligned military assault and sanctions. Iraq has been plundered by the oiligarchy.
Although the quality of life went up for the poor, it is also easy to argue that, in fact, it also went down. Under Chavez, murder rates have escalated to be 5 highest in the world. In terms of the economy, the economy has always been weak in Venezuela, even before the 2002 coup. Inflation was around 100% before Chavez, and now it is around 22%, which is still the highest inflation rate in the world. Higher oil prices did nothing to Venezuela, as Venezuela is a member of OPEC.
You are absolutely right! Please, just don't make the mistake of characterizing the US based on our leaders and representatives who have clearly been corrupted by money and power. People, deep down, have a common goal and Chavez knew that most of all.
3 million people marched against the war in iraq in the uk & in the end tony blair had to leave parliment & his govment voted out. america is hated in the UK, were sick of our soldiers dyeing for america. the usa is hated world wide even in western countrys...
it takes a undexcisive tone to mask the fact that the whole video 's underlying message ....is that ...to understand and analyze this person completely and then see him through a US citizen's eyes..... the starting doesnot matter my friend...touwards the middle and end it was full of public opinions against him and liberal middle class and well off people not wanting him.....why does the video not include a single clip of his anti us stance?.. that he refuses oil to us?..why not do that at all?!
The claws of savage and inhuman capitalists, with their greatest assets tend to forget that they are dealing with people here. The fed capitalist individualism, materialism, consumerism, excessive ambision. Being capitalist involves inhibition of all human values that make us special in this universe.
Why is there so much bias in the mainstream media... What if people actually like to be taken care of by the government... Isn't it governments ONLY busines. Or are the politicians sopoased to care about other countries more than their own.... but still be on corporate bill in their own country. Can PATRIOTISAM be allowed to non murica ?
Essentially ALL major Western Media is owned by a small group of Rothschild-AIPAC-Zionist..... it is part of their NWO agenda.... brainwashing the masses.
I think that it's terrible our way to live, we are selfish and we lie all time, really, I would like that our world, it was a place better, I hope that this world change some day
Have you been in Cuba? empty stores and food rations are consequence of the blockade but health care and education are high standard quality services and far from expensive.Empty stores? Thank God! Full stores?what for? to get sick with Monsanto's GMOs? to get stupid with Ipods? Possesion of WMD were never confirmed by us in Cuba, as neither they did in Irak and if the point is about spreading their beliefs they were just trying to keep up against the global imperialism which is the worst of all
Rich people sure do hate it when the masses take away their power.
+thecrouchmonster Yes, the masses like to put in new rich people to rule over them. Maybe it'll work out better? Oh wait...
+thecrouchmonster But Chavez was rich.
thecrouchmonster Yeah like in my country when we had communism when the glorious leader decided to bulldoze a large part of the capital and move people into shacks without windows so he could build a palace for himself. Don't worry it was called the People's Palace. Then he bought a yacht while the last few bits of the economy stopped being productive and people had to wait 6-12 hours to buy meat and drive cars only on some days because there was no more money for gas. Long live communism!
hahahah yeah. I think we all know how this story ends
Rich people bitching everywhere. Keep bitching pigs.
I can see why the poor Venezuelans liked Chavez!
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Roxidius
Poverty was cut by 50% you utter moron!
Doesn't look like it...
DemocraticSocialist01 and now they do not have anything to eat, so I guess they got to be very happy!!!
Because poor and ignorant people are easy to manipulate, they don’t want think they wanna feel, feel they are saved from suffering but they cannot understand what price they have to pay for feeling that.
I disagree, I thought the video was quite sympathetic towards Chavez. Whether you agree with him or not the one thing we can all agree on is that he was a man who excited peoples passions.
so did hitler
For an intelligent species we sure seem to have a hard time learning that socialism doesn't work. How many more are going to die worldwide in attempts to create utopia? How many times does this lesson need to be learned? Yes, we need to lift people out of poverty. No socialism won't do it.
Socialism has lifted hundreds of millions out of serfdom and poverty in China only.
One of the most socialist parts of the world are Scandinavia and north-west Europe. Both the most prosperous and advanced societies where one can expect solidarity form ones fellow countrymen!!
Unlike the United Fascists of America where you are kicked when you fall!
Like this "documentary" you have a fascist/capitalist worldview. For that, you and your kind are biased, unreasonable, blind and ignorant.
It's not the system that's the problem. Theoretically, it can work, what holds it back is the execution. If I recall, Vietnam, despite it's acquired capitalist policies is still Socialist and while they aren't a major country, they seem to get by alright.
When it all comes down to it, it's not the method of how a country is run that's the problem. It's the leader himself.
Roxidius
Socialism only work whit other people money
Omniia Sunt Communia. Allen Dulles said during the Cold War. It's always hard to persuade people that in this world, the poor should be plundered by the rich.
For an intelligent species we sure seem to have a hard time realizing that human beings have survived through mutual cooperation, and by protecting the weak and vulnerable in their midst.
Implying that Chávez DID turn Venezuela into that? Well, I thought I was discussing this with a serious person. Go read, about social, economical, and political reasons for crime. Then, and only then, we can discuss.
if your 16 how could you remember venezuela before chavez?
Capitalism is inhumane? In Western Europe, before the development of capitalism in the late 1700s, life for many Western Europeans was similar to life for nearly everyone else in the world at the time. Merely surviving was an immense struggle, and, on average, people were not expected to live beyond the age of 30. I believe in western civilization, free speech, free press, rational enquiry, human rights, civil liberties, liberal democracy, and a secular state. If you don't, move to Venezuela.
I hope Hugo was able to take the two billion he had with him since he never wanted to share any of it with the poor.
He loved his country and his people but I didn't like his politics.
If my family had been in the U.S. it would have been MUCH simpler to get out of poverty. In our case EDUCATION played the biggest role, my father graduated from a free university. Opportunities have nothing to do with anything in Venezuela. Opportunities are there for those willing to take them, but most of the people are looking for the easy way, the shortcut to riches. My grandma came to Venezuela alone with 5 kids after the war. Lazy people are lazy, and like everything for free... period.
What are you talking about? I'm venezuelan and you should check your source and your information before sharing it just like that. I mean, of course there's still poverty but not like 15 years ago. Not at all.
REALLY, YOU MUST BE LIVING WITH MADURO. POVERTY ALL OVER. WHAT U TALKING ABOUT?
What's the song at 13:34
I am a very proud and a very very devout muslim,thanks to God but I always loved this deceased President of Venuzuela.A very courageous bloke who did not bow to his enemies under any cirmumstances unlike the leaders of many many countries in the world.Evil powereful leaders of the world are worst than any dictators of the past and present.Please do not address me directly in any manner or fashion regardless of what you think of anoyone.Thanks
Oh wait..you are that original poster. Now you confuse me; are you for or against socialist ideals (in part or full..not suggesting anyone need be an absolutist) and if pro, then why do you hope socialism dies with him..curious..or did I miss your point completely? I do not disagree with the point your history teacher made, I quite agree with it.
My full respect! I miss you comrade hugo!
I lived 16 years under this dictator. Only hugely IGNORANT ppl think he did good. 7 MILLION VENEZUELANS fled the country, over 20% of its population 😢 Why you think that is... IGNORANT LEFTIST PoS?!?!?
El Presidente reduced poverty by 50%, severe poverty by 70% and created a liveable society for the poor and working classes. Something that had not existed in Venezuela before.
I have lived in Mexico, Guatemala, Jamaica, Venezuela and I would recommend Guatemala if you have a chance. I might be wrong, since I haven't been there in a few years, but the jungle is quite overwhelming, peaceful and immense. I like to visit archeological sites wherever I go and I made a road trip from McAllen to Cancun, and stopped in every pyramid I found along the way. Never trust anyone more than you should or less than they deserve, keep money and valuables out of sight. Cheers.
I wouldn't know if cancer sucks... my dad would. As I said, he did not return the land to the peasants, he "encouraged them to seize the land from the previous owner". He couldn't "return" the land to peasants since it wasn't theirs to begin with. He bought them (and their vote) with the promise of the land and then forgot about them. He was just a vengeful dictator, who believed those who worked hard didn't deserve what they worked for. My grandmother came to Venezuela escaping from a war...
Who was the American commentator? Was he a US government official or like an academic or something?
Now 2017 stores are running out of everything and are clothing one by one .
it's because of the US terrorist sanctions!!
@@Flipson456
No. It's because Venezuela seized and shut down all the factories. And now it doesn't produce much of anything of its own. How's this tax-the-rich policy working out now?
@@shauncameron8390 There is even a shortage in gas, how is sanctions responsible for that. it just means that it collapses even before the sanctions
@@nekogaming1715
Exactly.
Take from the rich what they have taken from the poor AND GIVE IT BACK.
The rich there is the government
He took nothing from the rich and gave it to anyone... he just taught the poor how to gain confidence, to think for themselves as persons and to fight for their rights... showing to the people the importance of reassuring their capacities and their own worth.. it wasn't about oil or land... it was about self-esteem and love...
Man of the people. By definition. Hence why the US tried to get him out through coups at least half a dozen times in 13 years
If US did try, they work too late
This documentary has proven beyond a shadow of a doubt who was the good and the evil in this situation.. If you think US Imperialism is the good guy here, and the oligarchs in Venezuela, then you probly don't understand why Chavez is the good guy, but he is. History is on his side.
Great man respect from Morocco
The American diplomat reminds me of the 'Administrator' in Half-Life.
An observation made by the US Labour and Human Rights lawyer, Dan Kovalik, made struck home with me. Hugo's supporters are disproportionally afro or indigenous Venezuelan, because they have been the oppressed and voiceless of his compatriots.
"The revolution will not be televised" is a MUST WATCH doc about the failed American coup of Venezuela. RIP CHAVEZ
Mierda no encuentro una buena biografía de Hugo Chávez en en español
Qué tienen haciéndole publicidad en ingles ????
and yet you are afraid to show your photo
For the last 14 years of my live, i have only knew the joke that my country was uppon, my school has decresed harshly, text books are incredibly low cuality and we cant find basic elemtents, sometimes we have power outages during classes and worst of all we have to live in never ending paranoia rutine, i cant have a good cellphone because i might get robbed, is this what the world need? no. many young venezuelans have fled from our country, distroying and separating families, but what i feel is the embarssment of a beutiful country that has become a joke. even though i love my country, and i wil stick together to it and try to do the best fot it, but i cant stand the image that the world is seeing so please change your view of our country, we are going to be great when people realize that this isnt the Venezuela that we deserve.
***** oh sorry i used the wrong words? ok here, hooker, call girl, street walker, lady of the night.
mikmllr Why do you call me those names? what have i done, to make you insult me?
Interesting. For the first few lines of the post it sounded like downtown USA. It's true that capitalism and competition works better than central planning. But in this global age of massive multinational companies - who have no national allegiance - we have a much more serious problem coming. The model for investment and share price is growth. Infinite growth. Finite resources, finite supply and distribution, but infinite growth. Exponential growth.
This has become a problem that is destroying the planet. We are already fighting over declining resources. No-one talks about it because there is no answer.
Could be worst, research what happens to people under right wing dictators propped by USA, you never want to know that life.
15:08 wow sad, I'm sure he did something about it
Chavez may not have been perfect, but I hold him in high value. No leader who makes tough decisions gets treated all-fairly and all-loved, but he balanced the scales. Forget the ideals, see what people actually do.
Where is all this singing and dancing now?
wait can you please explain because I know the situation in Venezuela is horrible but Americans don't like the Chavez mostly because he stopped oil trade with them and he's friends with the enemies of the U.S but in terms of being a human being he never oppressed his people or murdered them. Only censored the media, but that was after they started getting involved in his personal life and the media is mostly run by his opponents.
They are obviously two different countries, but we call what hugo was doing the invisible hand in this country.
through the video, the media criticizes him freely, the opposition can go on the street and protest without being scared of prosecution and people collect signatures against him. Calling him a dictator, especially when he's been elected consecutively is a bit farfetched isn't it?
So what did the USSR, China and, Cuba have?
Simplifying: for the first time ever, wealth is being shared in Latin America and extreme inequality, slowly, tends to disappear. The rich rule the midia. The rich could always afford a car. But for the first time, the mailman, the butcher and the cashier can also afford a car. The traffic is worst than ever, there's a lot of Volkswagens blocking the BMW and, of course, there must be someone to blame.
i think you're mixing up some facts... Germany was ally with the Japan Empire during ww2 but never with Russia... Russia was an ally of the united states... and if i forgot the nanking massacre you also did on korea, vietnam, south america, 911, libia and syria...
sure he "resisted"it so much, he had no problem dying a Billionaire while never sharing any of it with the poor.
Chavez has not died, he is multiplied in millions around the world who are willing to stand up to defend social human rights, now and forever, individually and collectivelly, like good and free healthcare,good nutrition,good and free education,asistance and pensions for vulnerable population,political freedoms,religious freedoms,gender freedoms,expression freedoms,economic freedoms,property freedoms,equity and equality.I have proof to back any argument you throw.
lets start with ur first sentenced: how is socialism demonized? I live in europe and every person i've ever talked to, told me that socialism isnt such a bad idea after all. Even my history teacher said "well all these socialist leaders werent real socialists they were just despotes and the socialist idea itself is actually really great". Nowhere in my surrounding has socialism been demonized. I grew up with the usa being the bad guys and capitalism being a corrupt system.
so did his policies really work? I would like to find out unbias info on this.
Wow, this comment was from 7 years ago. Now in 2020 you know it work or not.
I don't know where your information comes from but my recollection of Chavez' funeral was that masses of people were crying in the streets.
Get used to the fact that Venezuela's revolution proceed the ''Arab Spring'' ! Dont ask me, ask your people. Not your friends , your people !!!!
To some observers he wasn't communist enough like Castro.
When Chávez was elected in 1999 on an anti-corruption platform, Venezuela ranked 45th in corruption world-wide out 190 countries according to Transparency International, an NGO based in Berlin that tracks corruption. Today it ranks 177th. So on this metric, Venezuela's Bolivarian Revolution is an utter failure.
And for a country that sits on top of the world's largest proven reserves of hydrocarbons, Venezuela is now seriously close to default on its international debt. It imports 70 percent of its food. In October 2014, Venezuela was forced to import gasoline to satisfy internal demand. Its gas prices are the lowest in the world at one US cent per liter or a nickel per gallon. The price of gas was last raised in 1989. No government since has dared touch this for when Carlos Andrés Pérez did so in 1989 it led to a coup attempt. Such a low price of gas, however, leads to speculative arbitrage and much gas is siphoned off illegally to Curaçao, Trinidad, Guyana and Colombia. It gets worse. Because Venezuela has a three-tiered forex regime, international companies can't repatriate earnings back to their home countries so few companies are willing to invest in Venezuela. The airline industry has been hit hard by the exchange rate mechanism so now Caracas is slowly being left without connections to the outside world. Airlines won't accept cash for tickets and apart from Venezuelan airlines, tickets have to be bought online, paid for in dollars and in the country of origin of each airline. Air Canada stopped flying. Alitalia ditto. TAME did as well but then Maduro secured an agreement and a three times a week Quito to Caracas flights were resumed. American Airlines cut its weekly flights from 48 to 7. Avianca, the Colombian airline, ended all flights to Venezuela except Caracas and cut those from 3x daily to just once. The Venezuelan government owes the 24 international airlines that once served Venezuela over $4 BILLION USD. Not a misprint.
While Argentina is now in a technical default due to a lawsuit with vulture funds, Argentina actually has cash to meet its obligations. Venezuela doesn't. But there is one really big difference between Venezuela and Argentina. That second sentence in the above paragraph. Argentina can feed itself, cloth itself, supply its own gasoline. Venezuela can't do any of these things. So at the moment, Venezuela is trying to sell CITGO, its US based refinery and distribution system. But no buyer is biting. Why? Because why buy for a dollar today what can be bought for pennies tomorrow.
It is difficult to foresee how all this plays out. Venezuela is likely to become a pariah state and failed state where increased repression becomes the only way to sustain an unsustainable regime in power. The proverbial shit will hit the fan and for a country that can't keep toilet paper on its shelves, that is quite the problem.
Socialism without a partnership with, free enterprise/private sector/capitalism, HAS NEVER WORKED anywhere in the world. Examples - Soviet Union and it s block. China, Cuba, etc. in most of the world goverments are practicing some form of socialist/capitalist economy, that includes the USA for decades, welfare programs, free legal defense, etc.Correa in Ecuador and Lula in Brazil, even though they criticized the US foreign policy, denounced capitalism, etc. in fact unlike Chavez they worked with the private sector/capitalism, etc. and the economy grew benefiting everyone, in Venezuela Chavez policies did improve the life of the poor, but destroyed the economy for the middle class which are now poor!! The wealthy took their money and business expertise somewhere else, just like happened in Cuba and the Cuban community in Miami, etc. became the middle class and wealthy class in cuban society!! THESE ARE JUST FACTS!! I understand the criticism of american foreign policy, etc. I am not a politician, I am an economist!!! Some leaders are popular but they are not good leaders for the majority, for Chavez to say DAMN ISRAEL, is worse than any arab leader because Venezuela is a christian nation!!
Using social media to spread US driven lies... brilliant!
By the way, those corruption rankings are totally corrupt as a lot of things aren't taken into account... the obvious example being that the USA is by far the most corrupt country in the world, funding terrorists to win proxy wars for them in Syria, Libya, Guatemala and so on, killing more people worldwide than any other nation, supposedly toppling foreign governments to save the people from governments they installed and pushed to start major wars like Saddam Hussein against Iran but then killing an infinite amount more people than Saddam ever did, leaving a breeding ground for terrorists which they can use in proxy wars with the help of the extreme Saudi's version of Islam as their close ally and in general leaving the countries much more dangerous, impoverished and hopeless then when they came... I can go on but I'll hold for now.
Right because you presume to know more than trained professionals who work selflessly for an NGO based in Berlin. Secondly, you conflate corruption with imperialism. Two wholly separate issues. Funding proxy wars is not in of itself an act of corruption though corrupt practices may behind these. Iran-Contra for example. Or the role that Haliburtion played in the invasion of Iraq. While Venezuela and the US are both kleptocracies there are vast differences between them. And it is simply not factual that the US has killed more people than any other nation. Maoist China and Stalinist Russia were far worse.
Charles Lemos shouldn't you be getting ready for your LGBT parade dance recital?
It's becuase I didn't allow Hugo to bamboozle me the way he did with you. It's not my fault Hugo never walked the walk and refuse to share a single penny of his two billion he had with the poor.
You have no idea, and you have not suffered because of this man. He spent 14 years destroying one of the richest countries on earth. You experience what it is for a family to be broken, to suffer loss and have 14 years of a man insulting rigth and forth. Don´t fucking dare patronize me!
When I die, I will ask God if I can meet Hugo Chavez. I want to tell him how much I looked up to him and how much hope he gave me.
My post was not aimed at defending the US.
He is not Lenin.He is not Castro.He is not Che.But he was the Lenin,Castro and Che of Venezuela.
SO according to this documentary he was bound to exit the throne either way? why I find it hard to fathom since, according to what I watched, he created deep divisions between the rich and the poor. In that case he would forever have the majority support come rain come shine. A bit contradictory, right?With all said and don, the key difference is to whom the army pays allegiance, anything else is just mere details.
It happened quickly under Hitler but Mao and Stalin took a while. Have you considered that perhaps we are merely witnessing the beginning stages, and the switch is to come later? It depends on the leader, but all leaders are human, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
I didn't mean any disrespect, I'm sorry you misinterpreted my words and thought I was referring to you. I meant I cannot take half-truths as information or I would pay dearly with an uneducated guess at what the reality is. There's no better way for you to evaluate the "net" value of the late president unless you come to Venezuela. Everything else is hear-say... I have the benefit of having a US dollar salary, and the devaluations are beneficial for me, on the short term. I keep my position.
The US didn't take France back by themselves they were supported by a variety of forces and they on there own didn't take ALL the beaches by themselves and i'm not saying the US didn't have a big influence on the victory of WW2 but the weren't a one man army.
This bloke is great,why do people, middle and upper class always think that they should get more than the working class who generally work that much harder and, this is not communism,it's just a fact that many middle and upper class feel that they have this right to always be within this comfort zone
9:36 Thought he was getting a lil' somethin' for a sec.
lool
I am so surprised at how ignorant many people are of who Chavez really was. Please, watch the following video in youtube: The War On Democracy.I promise you, you will never look at the US or Chavez in the same light again.
socialism is something I think is a great idea, but I think you are the one who doesn't understand socialism. Chavez didn't have socialism, Fidel Castro doesn't know socialism. You might want to look towards Chile to find true socialism, but I doubt you like that his president is a wealthy businessman. most "pseudo-socialists" hate when others earn what they can't... We're not equal, and we should not have the same things if we make different efforts.
ok
Actually it was about oil, not because he was important to some dirt-poor natives in the jungle somewhere.
The problem in third world countries is totally differrent. Many people work WAY over what they should and what did they get paid? A miserable wage.... Venezuelans did know very well what Chavez was about, even those that hated him. They hated him because ha cared for the poor. And yes Slovakia does have a central bank and no our politics here is not yet corrupted so much as is in US that banks are openly supporting presidential candidated through donations. Here Gov and banks are teeth to teeth
Chavez was responsible for the most Censorship in Venezuelan history. So you are wrong about him not silencing political dissidents.
Increíble la forma de Manipular la información!
i didn't say I wasn't going to read it because it was left-wing, that's your assumption... I didin't read it because it's a pamphlet. I read plenty left wing newspapers, just not propaganda pamphlets. Find a reliable source, it's all I need. You can't base "good decision making" on what you "read"... period. "Based on what I've read, he's been a net benefit."
Its easy to say he was successful when you go from 100% inflation to 22% inflation, However, Average Inflation in 2009 in Latin America was 6.1 %, which is now most likely higher. Venezuela still has the highest rate of inflation in all of Latin America, where as it should have the least because of its resources.
I think you missed my point. I grew up in Europe too...I'm saying that here in the USA (as 'only' Americans proclaim) is where socialism is referenced as such a negative, I dont suggest that it is at all. I grew up with much of its benefits, although not rich and without luxuries I wasnt in fear of being homeless, without medical care or without food. I'm not personally demonizing socialism, my statement was a response to another posters statement that he hopes socialism dies with Chavez.
Awesome Video!
It's easy to say that when you more than likely have never lived in a communist state.
where r u from AGAIN IN VENEZUELA
Textbook: How to ruin an economy.
US ruined it. because of sanctions!
Socialist style.
@@Flipson456
No. Venezuela ruined it because of wholesale nationalizations.
This man was the BEST
Sadly the default for YOU is "unknown", in my case I know what I live. It's always easy to defend something from afar :) You're a remote control socialist, you like watching socialism on TV, but would probably be outraged if you had to go to 4 different stores to TRY to find rice, with the most probable outcome being that you return home empty-handed. Being equal is great, I support that, I would like to be equally safe in the street, not equally prone to getting killed over a cheap cellphone.
Why were there so many poor in a supposedly rich country though?
Sanctions and blockades! not on mainstream media because of oil and other resources interest.... find out.....
@@vinnovation447 before Chavez I mean...why would they be sanctions and blockades? I thought it was a western style governance before...I assume it just never took off...
despite his misgivings, he was an angel compared to the U.S. admin and it's foreign policy.
Look at all of these people commentating that have never been to Venezuela. Chavez's policies, however honest, failed. Crime is up, unemployment is up, 20% inflation, nepotism through nationalization, his policies turned what should have been a Rich Venezuela, comparable to Saudi Arabia, into a mess.
Sorry if you hate what I have just said, but it is all true.
Dependence does NOT foster self-esteem. Period.
Of course people lose motivation when their needs are met. How would their instinct for meeting their needs be exercised otherwise? If you're paid the same regardless of the job and how well you perform it, people lose motivation. This is very, very, VERY simple. You must have poor visualization skills to not see it.
You're out huh? I'm clearly not trolling here, I'm trying to have a debate. You're just copping out.
you hit the nail on the head. I do not advocate the present assault on oil-bearing nations by NATO-aligned nations which include Canada, Britain, France, Australia to name a few. Because I live here doesnt mean I support corporate dictatorship and exploitation. I recommend viewing the two minute cartoon video narrated by John Perkins, former IMF/World Bank economic hit-man titled 'How the World Works'.
Saddam was a CIA operative, put in place to assassinate the former Iraqi leader of the late 50's. He first failed, then returned five years later and formed his political party which overtook the government of the day. It was when Saddam no longer wanted to support the trade of Iraqi oil in US dollars that his fate was sealed. Saddam's rule fades in comparison to the millions of Iraqi's killed by NATO-aligned military assault and sanctions. Iraq has been plundered by the oiligarchy.
Why do you think he was crazy? Porque dices que estaba loco?
Although the quality of life went up for the poor, it is also easy to argue that, in fact, it also went down. Under Chavez, murder rates have escalated to be 5 highest in the world.
In terms of the economy, the economy has always been weak in Venezuela, even before the 2002 coup. Inflation was around 100% before Chavez, and now it is around 22%, which is still the highest inflation rate in the world. Higher oil prices did nothing to Venezuela, as Venezuela is a member of OPEC.
I love hugo chavez
This is not recent.
Venezuela advancing in the social, political, economical, and moral... Right Depends on your social status
Search for it yourself. 'Chavez provides Gas to Americans'.
You are absolutely right! Please, just don't make the mistake of characterizing the US based on our leaders and representatives who have clearly been corrupted by money and power. People, deep down, have a common goal and Chavez knew that most of all.
3 million people marched against the war in iraq in the uk & in the end tony blair had to leave parliment & his govment voted out. america is hated in the UK, were sick of our soldiers dyeing for america.
the usa is hated world wide even in western countrys...
HOY Y DENTRO DE MUCHOS AÑOS DIRÉ: ESTOY ORGULLOSO DE HABER VIVIDO LA ERA DE CHÁVEZ. UN HOMBRE SIN IGUAL, DEFINITIVAMENTE. ¡VIVA CHÁVEZ POR SIEMPRE!
Man of the people.
I travelled to venezuela on a game. I was a missionary I killed all factions there
it takes a undexcisive tone to mask the fact that the whole video 's underlying message ....is that ...to understand and analyze this person completely and then see him through a US citizen's eyes.....
the starting doesnot matter my friend...touwards the middle and end it was full of public opinions against him and liberal middle class and well off people not wanting him.....why does the video not include a single clip of his anti us stance?.. that he refuses oil to us?..why not do that at all?!
The claws of savage and inhuman capitalists, with their greatest assets tend to forget that they are dealing with people here. The fed capitalist individualism, materialism, consumerism, excessive ambision. Being capitalist involves inhibition of all human values that make us special in this universe.
I would've loved for the lady to spit out hard core facts to him instead of "because your a friend of fidels"
Have you been to Venezuela before Chavez was president??
Why is there so much bias in the mainstream media... What if people actually like to be taken care of by the government... Isn't it governments ONLY busines. Or are the politicians sopoased to care about other countries more than their own.... but still be on corporate bill in their own country. Can PATRIOTISAM be allowed to non murica ?
+Beatrix Nuada I don't know what PATRIOTISAM is. I know what patriotism is. What does that have to do with government accountability to the people?
Essentially ALL major Western Media is owned by a small group of Rothschild-AIPAC-Zionist..... it is part of their NWO agenda.... brainwashing the masses.
How about populist dictator?
I think that it's terrible our way to live, we are selfish and we lie all time, really, I would like that our world, it was a place better, I hope that this world change some day
Have you been in Cuba? empty stores and food rations are consequence of the blockade but health care and education are high standard quality services and far from expensive.Empty stores? Thank God! Full stores?what for? to get sick with Monsanto's GMOs? to get stupid with Ipods? Possesion of WMD were never confirmed by us in Cuba, as neither they did in Irak and if the point is about spreading their beliefs they were just trying to keep up against the global imperialism which is the worst of all