--- cort greene <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] > From: "cort greene" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2005 07:27:14 -0500 (EST) > CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED], > [EMAIL PROTECTED], > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [LAsolidarity] Chavez expects spirited debate in Argentina > meeting > with Bush > > > > Vheadline.com > Published: Monday, October 31, 2005 > Bylined to: The (Caracas) Daily Journal > > > Chavez expects "spirited debate" in Argentina meeting with G. W. > Bush > > The (Caracas) Daily Journal: President Hugo Chavez said he expects > a spirited debate this week as he, US president George W. Bush and > other leaders meet in Argentina for the Summit of the Americas. > > The US governments efforts to revive its proposal for a > hemisphere-wide free trade zone are doomed to failure, Chavez > said Sunday during his weekly television and radio program Hello > President. Chavez has said he looks forward to sitting at the same > table with his archrival Bush during the summit at the seaside > resort of Mar del Plata. > > > The debate in Mar del Plata will be beautiful. I imagine it will > be, because the gentleman Bush is going to keep making his point, > Chavez said. It seems theyre trying to revive the FTAA, Chavez > said referring to the Free Trade Area of the Americas agreement. > The FTAA is dead. > > It will have to be buried. The people of this continent will bury > it, and another model of integration will emerge. > > As Bush attends the summit Friday and Saturday, a separate > Peoples Summit is planned at a nearby stadium, bringing together > leftist activists, students, indigenous leaders and union leaders. > > In the streets, there is a Latin American fervor. Well see each > other there to defend our model, Chavez said. > > Chavez and his close ally Cubas Fidel Castro say the US proposal > of eliminating trade barriers across the Americas would benefit > large American companies at the expense of poor Latin American and > Caribbean countries. They have instead proposed a Bolivarian > Alternative trade pact, or ALBA, based on socialist principles and > named after South American independence hero Simon Bolivar. ALBA, > Chavez said, has been born and is walking. > > Venezuela has also started selling fuel directly from its vast oil > reserves to Caribbean countries under PetroCaribe -- which offers > special terms granting low-interest loans and allowing partial > payment in services and goods such as rice or bananas. > > The debate is clear: those who want to go to hell, who take the > road of capitalism, neo-liberalism, (and) those like us, the > majority, who want a better world, Chavez said. We want to look > for an alternative path, another type of integration. He said > capitalism is the greatest cause of unemployment and poverty, and > that workers across the Americas should unite to search for > another model. Chavez called out to a crowd of listeners: > Working class, to battle! > > The president held his live weekly program at a newly built > university campus in the eastern city of Maturin. Our mission is > socialist because it puts social aspects first, Chavez said. > Capitalists put capital first. > > Halloween, a gringa custom > > Chavez social revolution also extends to the cultural, and he > urged parents not to dress up their children for Halloween, calling > it a gringa -- or North American -- custom that has no place in > Venezuelas cultural traditions. Families go and begin to disguise > their children as witches, Chavez said. That is contrary to our > ways. > > In recent years it has become common to see Venezuelan parents > holding parties for children dressed as ghouls, animals and > witches. > > In one odd incident a week ago, authorities found more than a dozen > jack-o-lanterns left in spots around Caracas bearing > anti-government messages and what appeared to be bomb-like fuses. > Police and firefighters removed the pumpkins with caution, though > the jack-o-lanterns reportedly bore messages saying they were not > explosives. > > > Paper skeletons bearing anti-Chavez messages also have appeared in > spots across Caracas recently, and government officials have blamed > sectors of the opposition with aiming to create chaos. > > Chavez did not refer to those incidents in his comments on > Halloween. But he urged parents to think about whether it was > appropriate to dress up their children as part of a foreign custom, > calling it the game of terror. He said that is part of the US > culture -- terrorism, putting fear into other nations, putting > fear into their own people. > > > _______________________________________________ > Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com > The most personalized portal on the Web! > > > _______________________________________________ > LAsolidarity mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/lasolidarity > free hosting provided by http://www.mutualaid.org/ > > To unsubscribe, send a blank email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > __________________________________ Yahoo! FareChase: Search multiple travel sites in one click. http://farechase.yahoo.com ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. 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