Chavez has died

CCIP · 03-05-13, 05:32 PM

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-21679053

A divisive, problematic and controversial figure. There's gonna be two very different versions of him being trumpeted for a while now - one as some sort of angelic martyr of the people (no doubt, secretly assassinated by the US, as some will loudly proclaim) and another as this evil socialist dictator who has oppressed his own people and spat on human rights. I doubt a fair assessment of his actual role will be available for a while thanks to that.

Either way, having been a center of Latin American left-wing politics for the last few years, it will be interesting to see what effect Chavez' death will have on the region. He did build up a bit of a cult of personality around himself, and now that the person is gone, the structure behind the persona will probably struggle to redefine itself.

Seems like this has been coming for a while. Hate Chavez or not, you gotta hate cancer at the least. People in his situation rarely recover as miraculously as his PR aides were keen to claim, and I am really not surprised at today's news.

03-05-13, 05:32 PM	#1
CCIP Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waterloo, Canada Posts: 8,700 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 2	Chavez has died http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-21679053 A divisive, problematic and controversial figure. There's gonna be two very different versions of him being trumpeted for a while now - one as some sort of angelic martyr of the people (no doubt, secretly assassinated by the US, as some will loudly proclaim) and another as this evil socialist dictator who has oppressed his own people and spat on human rights. I doubt a fair assessment of his actual role will be available for a while thanks to that. Either way, having been a center of Latin American left-wing politics for the last few years, it will be interesting to see what effect Chavez' death will have on the region. He did build up a bit of a cult of personality around himself, and now that the person is gone, the structure behind the persona will probably struggle to redefine itself. Seems like this has been coming for a while. Hate Chavez or not, you gotta hate cancer at the least. People in his situation rarely recover as miraculously as his PR aides were keen to claim, and I am really not surprised at today's news. __________________ There are only forty people in the world and five of them are hamburgers. -Don Van Vliet (aka Captain Beefheart)