Monday, while Barack Obama was enjoying himself with his friends of the Chamber of Commerce, Hugo Chavez was taken to distribute laptops to children in a middle school in Caracas. After that, the Venezuelan president has fallen into a system of food distribution which provides $ 110 million in pre-packaged food for the poor of Venezuela. Finally, he concluded the afternoon by making an appearance in one of the many sites where new homes are being built for the victims of massive floods in January. It 's all for the working day, Hugo Chavez.
While Obama has proved to be the most disappointing president in the last century, Chavez continues to amaze with his desire to improve the lives of ordinary working people. For example, in just twelve years, Chavez has created a thriving national public health service with 553 diagnostic centers and health facilities spread throughout the capital.
Health care is free and when Chavez launched Mision Barrio Adentro program were made 55 million doctor visits. In comparison to the "paltry" tribute money of Obama to the giant American HMO, which has sought to promote universal health care. What a joke.
Chavez has also opened the way for a greater commitment and political activism through the creation of more than 30,000 councils and 236 municipalities, all centered in ushering more people into the political process and allowing them to bring about change. In the U.S., grassroots organizations have been marginalized by party leaders who take orders from well-hidden elite who control both parties. For his part, Obama is even less interested than his predecessor George W. Bush on what his supporters want.
And what Chavez has done to loosen its grip on the media business? Gregory Wilpert is what he says in his article entitled "An evaluation of the Bolivarian revolution of Venezuela in his twelve years":
"Regarding the media, municipalities Venezuelans now participate in the creation of hundreds of new community radio independent of broadcasters around the country. The previous governments persecuted community media, I now state institutions actively support them - not with money, but through training and commissioning of the plant.
According to the annual survey of opinion Latinobarometro, which allows a comparison with other democracies in Latin America, the combination of greater cohesion and greater participation led to greater acceptance of the democratic political system Venezuela. That is, most Venezuelans believe in democracy than citizens of any other Latin American country. L '84% of Venezuelans say that "democracy is preferable to any other system of government. " ("An assessment of the Bolivarian revolution of Venezuela in its twelve years," Gregory Wilpert, Venezuelanalysis.com)
Last week, Chavez joined the fight against Coca-Cola participating in a demonstration of workers in strike in the city of Valencia, which hosts the main bottling plant of Coca-Cola in Venezuela. Chavez was disappointed with the Coca-Cola claimed that if he does not want to follow "the Constitution and laws" Venezuela could "live without it."
Hugo Keep it up, say Coca-Cola to pack the sand!
The 1,300 striking workers are only asking for a paltry increase to cover their higher costs, but obviously this would reduce the company's profits, then the Coca-Cola is fighting their claims by loan sharks.
Can you imagine a scenario in which the 'friend of the business, "Obama fights a big company?
Last week, Chavez announced that his government would spend another 700 million dollars to fight the problem of homelessness and build another 40,000 homes. The president has stepped up its efforts since the floods that devastated the country earlier this year have left tens of thousands without shelter. Chavez is determined not to repeat the mistakes of Bush after Hurricane Katrina, when the victims of the disaster were abandoned to their fate forcing one third of the population of New Orleans to flee to other areas of the country to find refuge.
And what effect did Chavez Venezuelan economy? Here again Wilpert:
"As the government of Chavez has democratized the political system in Venezuela over the past twelve years, as did with its system economy, both at macro and micro-economic level.
A macro-economic level this was achieved by increasing government control the economy and dismantling the neo-liberalism in Venezuela. The Chavez government has restored state control over almost the first independent national oil sector. The government nationalized the private sub-contracting of the oil industry and incorporated them into state-owned oil company, thus ensuring greater benefits to workers and better pay. He also nationalized the oil companies' operations in a transaction that could not hold more than 40% of the control of site-specific production oil. Moreover, the government has eliminated the practice of "service agreements", under which oil companies transactional enjoyed lucrative concessions for the production of crude oil. And, most importantly, the government increased the royalties from oil production from 1% to a minimum of 33%.
In non-oil sector the government has nationalized key industries (previously privatized) in areas such as steel production (Sidor), telecommunications (CANTV), the distribution of electricity (the production was already in hands of the state), the production of cement (Cemex), and again in bank (Banco de Venezuela) and distribution of food (exit). "(" An assessment of the Bolivarian revolution of Venezuela in its twelve years, "Gregory Wilpert, Venezuelanalysis.com)
People are therefore better financial conditions with the electrical and telecommunications companies such as Enron private property (and other pirates of Wall Street) or they should be transformed into utilities?
What about oil? The British Petroleum and Exxon are best suited to their task than the public sector?
Not to mention the bank: you feel safer with Uncle Sam or Goldman Sachs?
Chavez has drastically reduced halved the rate of poverty, unemployment has dropped from 15% in 1999 to 7% today, and reduced to the lowest level of inequality across Latin America. In Venezuela, people are getting healthier and living longer. They are better paid and more politically engaged. "84% of Venezuelans say they are satisfied with their lives, which is the second highest percentage in Latin America." And, guess what, 'Chavez is strengthening security sociale e i programmi di pensionamento, invece di cercare di distruggerli consegnandoli a Wall Street sotto forma di conti privati.
Inoltre la generosità di Chavez non si è limitata al solo Venezuela: è stato infatti il primo leader mondiale ad offrire aiuti sotto forma di medicinali e alimenti alle vittime dell'uragano Katrina. Provvede ancora a fornire carburante gratis per il riscaldamento ai poveri del nord-est degli Stati Uniti. L'azienda Citgo di proprietà venezuelana si è associata a Citizens Energy “ per fornire centinaia di migliaia di litri di gasolio per il riscaldamento gratis e a basso costo per le famiglie bisognose americane e rifugi per i senzatetto negli Stati Uniti.” Afferma il presidente di Citizens Energy Joseph P. Kennedy: “Ogni anno chiediamo alle maggiori compagnie petrolifere e alle nazioni produttrici di petrolio di aiutare i nostri cittadini più anziani e poveri a cavarsela durante l'inverno e solo una società, la Citgo, e un Paese, il Venezuela, hanno risposto ai nostri appelli”.
Proprio così. Nessun'altra compagnia petrolifera ha dato neanche un solo misero centesimo in beneficenza. Dal 2005 Chavez ha fornito oltre 170 milioni di galloni di petrolio per il riscaldamento.
Al contrario, Barack Obama non ha fatto nulla per i poveri, i senzatetto, i comuni lavoratori or the middle class. E 'state of absolute incompetence except for the richest among the rich. Maybe we should swap it with Chavez?
worth a try.
Mike Whitney
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