How can you explain this? It is a mind game that chavez plays with this people. Maybe he has good intention but certainly he don’t know how to organize. 10 years of power and everything is getting worse, I have seen it with my own eyes. How do you explain that at sunday the dirst of february he said in the evening that nobody can gow to work the next day because of his aniversery of 10 years? Only the liquerstors where open and all people in red clothes drinking and celebrating. The people who wanted to work were punished by the police. He imports everything. Venezuela don’t produce nothing only petrolio and where does all that money goes? Where are all the dollars if the normal people can’t buy dollars?!?! Their are a thousand more reasons why this men has to go.

All the people who are against Chavez that I know in Venezuela. Don’t think about captalism or socialism they don’t care what kind of government they have.. the only thing they want is that their comes system that works. They want good education, Money for their work (not 10 BSf a day), good health care and hygiene, Security and police men that are wurth it not the one that steel from all the drugsadicts and use drugs by them selves, they want to be able to travel free around all the world, and a lot of more things that chavez in the 10 years of his power didn’t IMPROVE AT ALL.

Now people say why so many people vote for this men? Because he manipulates them with money, houses etc. and words.
For example the people who are campaining for Chavez receive money for this. They live in the porest houses and have a big car in front if it with a big music instaltion. They drink bear all they and shout CHAVEZ SI SI SI. And this is how they live.. they are fine with it because they don’t know better. You can say they are no sheeps but they are pore and happy with all the money they recieve. It is a very said thing that is going on and I wish that one day their comes a president who knows to govern and helps all the people.

Venezuela is a beautifull country with beautifull people who all wants the best for everybody they want that the Chavez people open their minds to improve the country. They are agains it for a reason .. not to just be against it! I’m sorry if my english isn’t that perfect I’m dutch girl and a very free girl. I can buy all the money that is availeble in the world and I have free access to all the places in the world. I can live without fair being robed every day and I learn English and all other things I want to at school. I lived in Venezuela for 2 years and I have seen the struggles because of Chavez. My boyfriend is from Venezuela and he just want to live Free and he knows that with Chavez this is imposible because this men has a very closed mind and doesn’t see the real issues of his country. The real issue isn’t SI or NO! They want to feel save with chavez or without him!!!!!

Viva La Revolución (and good luck)

cheers, Zoospore.

I have a long-term interest in the welfare of Venezuela, as the nation that adopted a young missionary in 1982, as a translator of sacred songs into the Guajiro dialect for and by local church members who were being sidelined by their Latino elders. By translating the songs into the native language, they were able to tell their own message in their own tongue. That experienced helped to connect with the native people in solidarity…not as a North American, trying to impose a capitalist solution on a proud and humble people, who were willing to learn and teach, but not be colonized by white church leaders. They were not anti anything; they were happy with what they could do for their families and their people, who were being forced from their own lands, and seeking to rebuild on government lands in Maracaibo, with or without help from the government. A true example of the Bolivarian leadership, which seeks to tear down the walls between nations, to build new bridges and reservoirs of mutual understanding.

28%? Some majority, mate.

Perhaps the masses dared to defy your wishes and dreamed of a country withut a President for life. Perhaps they wnat it about as badly as you’d prefer a President Bush without limits of terms in office.

Perhaps the masses dared to hope of a military devoid of politicization. Instead, they continue to march with official chants of: “Homeland, Socialism, or Death!”. Can you imagine soldiers of the West marching with “Capitalism or Death!”. Atrocious politicization.

Perhaps the people wanted some autonomy attached to the Central Bank again, instead of being tied to Hugo.

Perhaps the people dared to wish for a litle more separation than currently exists between state and judiciary, now that Hugo has stacked the benches.

Perhaps, perhaps, perhaps…