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Chavez "the Caudillo" oversteps again.

category international | politics / elections | news report author Saturday April 29, 2006 23:55author by ipsiphi Report this post to the editors

(this isn't a joke. & it may be uncomfortable for many readers. & its not the first time I've told you)

All of the Peruvian commercial media regardless of their stance on the recent presidential elections have combined forces to condemn Hugo Chavez, "the Caudillo" who in his latest demonstration of megolomania has threatened to withdraw the Venezuelan diplomatic mission from Lima if Garcia is elected.

indymedia peru are calling for a support of indefinite strikes and have not featured the election (*)

Meanwhile the Peruvian state has appealed to all international bodies to safeguard the legitimacy of the second round of Presidential voting.

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The same day Berlusconi went against Prodi, and the Hungarians held their first round of parliamentary elections, Peru saw congress and presidential elections. There were 3 candidates.
One a former president Mr Garcia, another who polled lowest and the third Humala who polled the most but without outright majority. Humala worries many in Peru and beyond for the neo-nazi style ethnic purity and homophobic campaigns of his brothers, and his personal history as instigator of a military coup against the first democratic regime. Humala received backing of Chavez, who in the last months has become frustrated with lack of support for his "caudillo" ambitions from the Bolivian Evo Morales. In the last weeks he has withdrawn Veneuzuela from the Andean economic block, which is being widely perceived as economic blackmail of his poorer South American neighbours.

Please, make no mistake, South American states owe more to the Chavez regime than they do to either the IMF or World Bank.

Please, do not forget that Chavez saw 75% abstention in his last national elections and was roundly condemned at the anarcho-syndicalist alternative economic forum in his own state at the start of this year.

Please, socialists of the 4th international tradition, and "chavists" of Ireland and english speaking indymedia catchment area, realise that Hugo Chavez - Mr "hola presidente!" has long crossed a mark and I would like those of the libertarian socialist tradition this May Day weekend, an anarchist not communist holiday to reflect on the emergence in the last years of "the Caudillo."

Perhaps its the power?
Perhaps its the TV?
Perhaps its the idea of "strong leaders", individuals of undoubted charisma & often what first appears sincerity to the thrust of their rhetoric?
Perhaps it is power - power that corrupts.

@ end it is the people of Peru who must decide their fate. They have not come through 20 years of civil war for their destiny to be decided by the continental "strong man". Even if he is "anti-Bush".
After all he is a global Oil and like it or not a global Cocaine player. = He's bigger than Bertie Ahern.

If you use our search engine on the left of the screen you can find background to
Peru.
Humala.
whatever you fancy - whichever myth you believe in...

http://peru.indymedia.org/

http://www.rpp.com.pe/portada/politica/37145_1.php
http://www.elcomercioperu.com.pe/EdicionImpresa/Html/20....html
http://www.24horaslibre.com/politica/1146334960.php
to make it complicated the RC church whilst insisting gorillas ought be refused recogntion of their intelligence, have called for Chavez to stop intefering in Peruvian affairs and wielding his "oil dollars".
http://www.rpp.com.pe/portada/politica/37142_1.php
http://www.miami.com/mld/elnuevo/news/world/americas/14...2.htm
Humala has tried his best to distance himself from the latest outburst of "Mr Caudillo" which is a bit sad for him, he has spent the last weeks disowning his own family.
http://www.rpp.com.pe/portada/politica/37142_1.php

(*) For their part our peers in Peruvian indymedia are featuring indefinite strikes, whilst their newswire focusses on the Roman Catholic church and its continued support for cruelty to animals, and disregard for the intelligence of the greater apes and recent rejection of global calls to afford 3 fundemental rights to the simians, & for those without interest in intelligence or DNA (of the more traditional type) calls for a "blank vote" in the 2nd round of elections. The background noise and offsite impression is they are sick to the back teeth of international manipulation of their all too recent democracy.
http://peru.indymedia.org/

 #   Title   Author   Date 
   Of course there is another side to the story. But as in the "cold war 2 blocks" neither are good     ipsiphi    Sun Apr 30, 2006 14:14 
   Useful idiots, most useful at the worst time     average joe    Sun Apr 30, 2006 15:09 
   Sniff...     average joe    Sun Apr 30, 2006 15:19 
   For all those happy to defend Chavez now     ipsiphi    Sun Apr 30, 2006 18:14 
   Peru in protest at Hugo Chavez' breach of international law has recalled her ambassador to Venezuela     (@ .:.)    Mon May 01, 2006 02:51 
   Unconvincing waffle     Topper    Mon May 01, 2006 21:40 
   In a polling surprise which Peruvians attribute to the intervention of Chavez     iosaf    Mon May 08, 2006 21:10 
   Observer article on Chavez     Observer reader    Tue May 09, 2006 13:56 
   hey be careful about understanding "my analysis".     iosaf    Tue May 09, 2006 14:39 
 10   Sunday Papers type supplement. (lots of images look up and down the page & think)     ipsiphi iosaf    Sun Jul 30, 2006 21:13 
 11   Pardon my asking ...     don juan    Sun Jul 30, 2006 21:26 
 12   Perfect Together     Juan Gonzalez    Sun Jul 30, 2006 23:54 
 13   translating Caudillo is in fact very difficult.     hmmmmmmmmmmmñññmmmm    Mon Jul 31, 2006 03:13 


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