Venezuelans Protest Chavez’s Socialism

Posted on August 7, 2008
Filed Under Hugo Chavez, Venezuela |

Finally there is some very encouraging news from Venezuela this morning:

Riot police used tear gas Wednesday as they blocked hundreds of Venezuelans protesting what they call new moves by President Hugo Chavez to concentrate his power. The demonstrators said a blacklist barring key opposition candidates from elections and a series of socialist decrees are destroying what’s left of their democracy.

Though the protest of about 1,000 people chanting “freedom!” was small compared to past marches, there is a growing public outcry over the sidelining of key government opponents ahead of state and local elections in November.

Chavez opponents also are outraged by 26 laws the president just decreed, some of them mirroring the socialist measures voters rejected in a December referendum.

Venezuelans are rising up against the dictatorial regime of Hugo Chavez. We can only hope that this outrage continues and grows.

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2 Responses to “Venezuelans Protest Chavez’s Socialism”

  1. Julian Vallozzi on August 7th, 2008 3:47 pm

    This story makes me very grateful we don’t have a socialist running to be our president. Oh wait…

  2. Joshua Price on August 7th, 2008 6:10 pm

    Julian, I hope your not referring to Barack Hussein Obama. After all, calling him a socialist and comparing him to Hugo Chavez would be blasphemous. You do realize that he’s The Messiah (at least according to the media), right?

    I’m actually surprised Google hasn’t banned The Conservative Beacon due to our anti-Obama postings.

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