Chavez the facist

Jewish Venezuelans are worried about the Venezuelan government, according to an article in the Miami Herald this morning;

Venezuelan government intelligence services twice have raided the country’s most important Jewish center in a vague, ultimately unsuccessful search for weapons. Publications of the government’s cultural ministry run articles entitled ”the Jewish Question,” along with a Jewish star superimposed over a swastika.

“The Jewish Question” for Pete’s sake. I guess we can assume that Chavez will begin to blame the Jews for all of the poverty in Venezuela and send his chavistas into the streets for Noche de Cristal, a tropical version of Kristal Nacht.

The government-controlled press even gets in on the fun;

One 2006 article in El Diario de Caracas debates whether it will be necessary to ”expel [the Jews] from the country.” Another article in the Diario, VEA accuses Jews of being involved in the murder of a government prosecutor.

What about the other 12,000 murders in Venezuela last year? Did the Jews commit those, too? I think it’s instructive to see how Chavez shifts blame around to every group without a little introspective look at his own leadership. His cabinet “shake-up” presents no chance for change in Venezuela. According to Daniel, of Venezuela News and Views, “there is nothing “new” in this cabinet“. The Devil’s Excrement writes that Chavez has finally taken notice of his murder rate;

First of all, last Sunday, in his Sunday variety shows, Hugo Chavez mentioned for the first time the crime problem. Yes, after exactly 86,452 homicides since Hugo Chavez took over, he mentioned a problem as important as that for the first time. Here is a guy that has found time to call Bush the devil, spent weeks and resources on rescuing Colombian hostages and has traveled all over the world “solving” the world’s problems, and he finally dared mentioned the problem that is the number one concern of all Venezuelans: Crime.

I’m sure the murder rate will fall now that it’s caught the attention of Chavez, but if I were a Venezuelan Jew, I’d be stretched out on Panama’s Playa Coronado while Chavez cleans up the streets.

Pravda reports on Chevez’ latest interview with airhead Naomi Campbell;

Campbell and Chavez did not talk about politics only. The model asked the Venezuelan president to name the most stylish world leader. Chavez chose Cuba’s Fidel Castro. “Fidel, of course! His uniform is impeccable. His boots are polished, his beard is elegant,” Chavez said.

Well, Castro can afford the best mortician in Cuba to do him up, I suppose. I’ll bet Christina Kirschner is a little jealous. The stubby little mariposa must have all of his mirrors covered in the palace;

Campbell asked if Chavez would appear topless in photos as Russian President Vladimir Putin has done. “Why not ?” he said. ” Touch my muscles !”

And of course, what article about the Hollywood knuckleheads and Chavez would be complete without the knuckleheads’ expert political analysis of Chavez;

“I found him to be fearless, but not threatening or unreasonable,” she wrote. “I hope Venezuela’s relations with America will improve in the immediate future.”

I hope Chavez’ relations with his own people improve in the immediate future.

Category: Foreign Policy, Hugo Chavez, Politics