Some countries are trapped with leaders who wear a democratic mask to the world but have become truly megalomaniac dictators.
These sometimes “elected dictators” have gotten so much power (control over electoral institutions, national assemblies, supreme courts, media outlets, public services and the like) that it has become impossible to depose them.
Political and economic impotence is the common feeling...
If you have lived or are living this experience, please write your comment.
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Hi Alicia,
ReplyDeleteWell done indeed. This is Mosad form Egypt, your classmate at CT course. Your idea is wonderful and will certainly involve your learners and doing this you are training them in CT, demcracy and all wonderful values.
Good luck.
Mosad
Egypt
Hi Alicia,
ReplyDeleteHere in the pictures you have posted, Pol Pot, known as Brother Number One, was a notorious leader who killed more than 1.7 million Cambodian people. Remaining senior leaders are now being brought to justice. The dark history of this crimes has been included in high school education so as to equip them with more understanding of the past history.
The world should at peace at all times. Personally, I hope to see change in the leadership of my country leaders who, as you said, wear the mask of democracy but have tendency toward dictatorship.
Samnang, Camdodia
Hi Alicia,
ReplyDeletesadly we, in Venezuela, are trapped with a dictator using a mask of democracy. Human Rights are being violated every day and nobody do anything to change it. We can manifestate our dislike to this government and to everything they're doing but any change seems to happen. Venezuela is divided in social classes thanks to this president that in all his speeches continue to incentivate the hate against the rich people. The government has many deaths in his hands and political imprisoners, that attempts to democracy and to human rights. I really hope that all this stop more sooner than later, because later could really destroy our country.
Vanessa Veronesse.
Section4. English 3
Hi Alicia,
ReplyDeleteAtually im living that kind of experience you are talking about, im from Venezuela and our president Hugo Chavez is an elected dictator. He is folowing Fidel Castro as his personal leadear so he can change Venezuela into Cuba, literally. Chavez has lied to us, broke the law and even control the electoral institucion.
Juan Fontana
English 3 section 2
We definitely have an example of that in Venezuela. Hugo Chavez is an elected dictator that pretends to help people, when he doesn’t; that violates Human Rights and even worst who’s following the steps of his idol Fidel Castro.
ReplyDeleteOur president has got all the power of all the important institutions and public authorities of our country, he can do whatever he wants, close TV channels, radio stations, anything. Plus, the economy in Venezuela is worst every day that pass, every week there are lots of people that die victims of the insecurity. What a better example of that that this past week where students were killed; and of course if people protests they will be also risking their life, what clearly means that we don’t have freedom of speech neither.
So is he really doing something for our country? Is he helping the people? Is he really keeping the promises he made when he was elected? What is he up to by following Fidel Castro’s steps?
Susana Coto.
English III. Section 1.
Hi Alicia.
ReplyDeleteWell in Venezuela, we are living that situation. In December of 2009 the citizens of Venezuela had the oportunity to choose our next president, and we are living the consecuenses today. During 10 years of presidential power, Hugo Chavez have done everything he wanted to do, he has a moyority on the national assemblie. This mayority and support give him more power, giving him the possibility of imposing new laws, because if he propose a new law, that assemblie is the one that have the power to apove it or not, and if he have the support of geat quantity of them he will get what he want.
This is one of many other thing that we have to endure like insecurity, inflation, corruption, and others. This seems like its never going to end, in a democracy the people have the right to change between presidents and governments, if this right isn't respected we are not living a democracy.
Alberto Artuza
Section 3. Inglish III
Hi Alicia. (CORRECTION)
ReplyDeleteWell in Venezuela, we are living that situation. In December of 1999 the citizens of Venezuela had the oportunity to choose our next president, and we are living the consecuenses today. During 10 years of presidential power, Hugo Chavez have done everything he wanted to do, he has a moyority on the national assemblie. This mayority and support give him more power, giving him the possibility of imposing new laws, because if he propose a new law, that assemblie is the one that have the power to apove it or not, and if he have the support of geat quantity of them he will get what he want.
This is one of many other thing that we have to endure like insecurity, inflation, corruption, and others. This seems like its never going to end, in a democracy the people have the right to change between presidents and governments, if this right isn't respected we are not living a democracy.
Alberto Artuza
Section 3. Inglish III
Hi Susana:
ReplyDeleteFirst, i don´t think that our president pretends to help people, he just don´t care at all about anyone.But i have to say that i agree with you and also with Alberto. Our country isn´t improving; the insecurity, the lies, caused by Hugo Chavez are just a piece of the damages that he always does. If we think about it, little by little Venezuela is becomming Cuba.
Hi Susana:
ReplyDeleteFirst, i don´t think that our president pretends to help people, he just don´t care at all about anyone.But i have to say that i agree with you and also with Alberto. Our country isn´t improving; the insecurity, the lies, caused by Hugo Chavez are just a piece of the damages that he always does. If we think about it, little by little Venezuela is becomming Cuba.
ingles3, section 1
mariana noriega
Hi Alicia.
ReplyDeleteUnder Chavez presidency, Venezuela is a powerful reminder that elections are necessary but not sufficient for democracy.
Chavez is a compelling orator to those whose ideologies prevent them from seeing through Chavez's persuasive rhetoric the persecution that directs his every moves. With the pass of the years a series of laws and measures have been changed, and others created, but the real thing is that all this acts are concentrating the power in just one person, and this is a sing of that Venezuela is turning into a dictatorship. But in meantime, if we still without doing anything about it, dictatorship will take advantage and Venezuela will keep declining as a country.
Arantxa Gonzalez
English III, Section 5
Hi Alicia.
ReplyDeleteNow at days Venezuela has a kind of dictador named Hugo Chavez, eventhough he has'nt been declared a dictatorship he follows the steps of Fidel Castro. Also there are a lot of facts that shows that Chavez is a dictator. For example the closure of TV channels, radio stations, and others. Furthermore, if Chavez continues been the president, the insecurity will aument, our economy will be worst and also people of the opposition are not going to be able to express their ideas because freedom of speech is going to be abolished.
In conclusion, should we continue with this country like this or should we do something to improve it?
Jessica Pita
English III, Section 1
In this modern world, where population worldwide it’s informed by what has been happening around the world and what dictators have done, it's so hard for governments to impose this kind of regimen since we already know consequences and news are updated for us to know every day. Presidents like Chavez in Venezuela then, try in the beginning to seem like they are democrats. They promise lots of things to the people, and as the time goes by, they start introducing in this case communism, by propaganda on TV, on the streets etc. They try to sell the world another reality of what they really make people live, and they try to take the power in every aspect so people would get fearful , for them to take private property as an example or silent them, and give jobs just to government supporters. Living in Venezuela nowadays is not so easy, as a citizen of this country I feel more scared to go out, because of the high increase of delinquency. Things are getting more expensive every day and the government keeps giving resources to another countries, in my opinion this is just getting more ridiculous to live with and we really need to start loving more this country and acting better as citizens so we can find a light on this huge hollow starting the change in ourselves, so we can retrieve our country.
ReplyDeleteMaria Mercedes Perez Cortejoso 200818960
English III, Section 1
Venezuela is living exactly the situation described on the top, the public institutions,the ministries,the supreme court, the National assemblie, none works by their own as independent bodies,every decision made was or have to be supported by the president,becoming this forces of the state in to dependent and parcial structures ,where no one can say no to the propositions that the president makes,like in an authority government , whatever he says have to be done , using the concept of democracy as a mask to endorse the moves and actions of the state.
ReplyDeleteJhonny Velasquez
English 3 , section 5
Is unbelievable how Chavez have done all than he wants and how he can control people with money. Is unacceptable now a day the petroleum price is the highest in history and the amount of poor people is the biggest ever. The government is stilling so much money than is insane. Venezuela have a good opportunities to succeed with the petroleum but we are manipulate by the government, is time to do something and react because we are going in the same way as Cuba or worst because we are not a island.
ReplyDeleteThe goberment of Venezuela is one of the worst of all times,because the insecurity is increasing and more than 60 people died in the weekend,is unbelievable. Also, the people is having hard times with the food and looking for job.
ReplyDeleteLife quality is getting worst every day and could end very bad, like the cuban's life.
Well I think I’m living that situation right now here in Venezuela, because the government is trying to get more power every day and in a bad way(taking the private proprieties or making new laws) all these added to the things previously mentioned. I do believe that the majority of the Venezuelan citizens feel a big impotence because they have and idea of country and the leader of this country have other (Live better, be more powerful and be more rich than no one).
ReplyDeleteWILLIANS LIMA
English III
Section: 4
This kind government and dictators has always been in the history of the humanity and they will probably keep appearing throughout history with many diferent countries and dictators that will deceive people to take power over the countries to control it at their will with the support of the military forces to scare people of defending their countries of the injustice and violence that are happening,this way dictators can do anything they want when they want to,in venezuela this exactly what happened and what is happpening today.
ReplyDeleteRodolfo Caputo
English III, Section 1
Regarding the previous fact that´s the current of Venezuela's situation. It is not just a matter of the president actions, this whole situation involves the entire population for letting one person acquire such a power that at the end will be almost impossible to get rid of him. Nowadays we are dealing with a lack of democracy,political powers and leaders.Basically the base of a government.
ReplyDeleteAfter several attempts through a democratical way, he always find a way to hack or cheat the system putting everything by his side so the solution is his death.
Aldana Coscia
Section 4. English 3
Now a days most of the countries are living a democratic government. It is difficult that humans support that only one person decide how to rule a whole country. Governments of the world should help those countries who are rule by a dictator, because the most essential thing i life, it is freedom. The experience of past dictators have been bad, it is an environment with violence and sadness. Also the power always needs to be distributed, if the power is in one person the whole population will suffer the consequences.
ReplyDeleteFederico Briceño.
Section 1. English 3.
Actually Venezuelan people are living one of the worst times ever because of Hugo Chavez. Elected president during the year 1999 he tricked people since the beginning and even 10 years later some people still believe in him. He is being such an indecent and shameless president, trying to keep everything away, Tv's channels, Radio Stations, National and International Companies and lately banks have been taken by him. Chavez wants to look like a democratic president in front of the world but what people of the world dont know is that the situation that we are living here is getting worse every single day.
ReplyDeleteAlvaro Pereira
English 3, Section 5
In this world there are a lot of people that only wants their only benefit without caring about the others.In Venezuela they are living a situation that is very serious.Many people think that in this country they live a good life with a democracy and freedom of speech;but they are wrong.The Venezuelan government is trying to take away their liberty and freedom and they are acting with a lot of intelligence fooling everyone by creating false expectatives.They want that the other countries beleive all the things they say.This government wants to have the control of evferyting and they threaten all the people that thinks different.Chavez,the only thing that he does is to promote this big false idea that he is perfect and that he is a good leader with good intention by giving money away or building this companies for free in other countries but people dont see that Venezuela is a disaster and is deplorable.Although Venezuela's government doesnt confirms that they are communists they are acting like it.This situation is transforming Venezuela in a poor and insecure country.
ReplyDeleteAndreina Vegas
English 3 Section 2
Hi Everyone,
ReplyDeleteHere in Venezuela the political system is a complete flaw, we have been deceived in so many ways that people can't understand. This summer I had the opportunity to talk with people born in Cuba, and they are so concerned about what is happening here in Venezuela that you wouldn't imagine. They kept asking me how are we letting Chavez do what Fidel is doing to Cuba. In my own opinion we've been manipulated and biased with the idea of the offering of equal opportunities to everyone, but what's equality? taking away someone's property and giving it some other that may not have the experience or strength to support it, just because the new owner was tagged to be weak. And by owner and property i don't mean something in specific it could be anything from a job spot to a farm. Socialism is good if you know the real meaning of it and how to propagate it, if you don't it becomes the perfect trail to communism.
English 3 Section 5
MMP
The situation that the venezuelan people are living nowadays is actually very similar to what you are implying in this post. The former government try to convince people that what they're doing is what is best for Venezuela. But the things that the results are not exactly the best ones. In Venezuela, thanks to the conformism that is growing in the mayority of the venezuelan, the education is decreasing and crimes are increasing. They sell the socialism as if it were the best option to Venezuela, but history has it's own opinion and shows that socialism in the countries that tried to impose it, it hasn't had good results. Every government should try to do what's best to their country, but not try things that damage the country in many different ways.
ReplyDeleteMauricio Sandoval
Section 3 English III
Today Venezuela is no longer trapped with a leader who wears a democratic mask, as time goes by people are able to see through actions and decisions how the president let the mask drop off. The ideals that once convinced most of the citizens, and all the promises that the president made in his campaign that involves revolutionary measures and benefits and power for the people, now are just empty promises and just words created to maintain an image.
ReplyDeleteThe speech of the president Chavez is totally dedicated to the less benefited sector of our society, and sadly the most ignorant, that always believe in his plans and gives him the opportunity to rule majorities; but no country will survive putting all kind of obstacles for the private industry to improve; giving away tons of money of our resources to allied countries and violated human rights like it is normal. Every day we see another young student died fighting for his rights, another political prisoner for disobey and refuse to make an injustice, another group of people in a hunger strike trying to call the attention of international organisms so they can see what happen in this country and we can receive some help.
It is absurd that today in a globalization era, countries with so much potential and resources as Venezuela are ruled by ignorance and intolerance, and have to live in a divided society in witch the only way to accomplish a goal or have your voice heard is wearing a red t-shirt and follow with no personal opinion the ideas of the cabinet of the president Chavez.
200713040.section 4
Venezuela is trapped with a leader truly megalomaniac dictator. A dictator that is abble to do whatever he wants because of the control and the power that he has gotten. This is the reason why Venezuela’s population is living a strong political impotence.
ReplyDeleteStadistics have shown that more than 50% of the voting population disagrees with the current politics, and that’s a very relevant issue; at the begining the governmet’s leaders wore a democratic mask. However, nowadays they talk a lot about a new kind of social political; they call it 21st century socialism. The truth is that the population doesn't have a completely clear idea of what it is this new policy. To aproach to the unknown generetes a feeling of impotence that increases with the pass of time.
In conclusion, is a fact that more than half of the Venezuela’s voting population disagrees with the current politics, but they can not do nothing because of the control and the power that the governmet has. Finally, the Venezuelans are aproaching with the pass of time of an unknown politics and that’s generetes a strong political impotence.
Jacobo Bendayan
200903960
English III. Section 2
President Hugo Chavez is one of the “Elected” Dictators of our times; he has total control over all the public institutions. Initially, he had a five year presidential period and he has been in the power for 11 years. In Venezuela, we are living in a fake democracy; we have political prisoners, violations of private property, human rights, and violations of our constitution. We are allowed to criticize the Government but the consequences are undemocratic. Chavez, is following Fidel Castro’s steps and he is promoting his revolution in Latin America; now a days, he has several allays like Presidents Morales, Correa and Ortega. In Venezuela, we are living in a very difficult situation, the insecurity, lack of justice and poverty are exponentially growing; I only hope that our testimonies contribute to alert other Latin American countries.
ReplyDeleteAitor Garcia
English III. Section 2
Venezuela is going throught a rude poltical,economycal and social situation, most of it ocacionated by the goverment of Chavez. this socialist government only cares of gettin more power and money by expropiating private industries and most recently by intervening banks( Banorte,Banco Canarias, etc.). this is living proof of how some "elected" presidents can became "elected dictators", a sad and common reality now a days.
ReplyDeleteVenezuela is going throught a rude poltical,economycal and social situation, most of it ocacionated by the goverment of Chavez. this socialist government only cares of gettin more power and money by expropiating private industries and most recently by intervening banks( Banorte,Banco Canarias, etc.). this is living proof of how some "elected" presidents can became "elected dictators", a sad and common reality now a days.
ReplyDeleteDaniel Di Filippo
20091111259
English 3- SEction 4
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ReplyDeleteI agree with Daniel Di Filippo. It is sad but true the fact that we have a "elected dictator" (As he said), but I think that the goverment of Chavez is turning more like a enlightened despotism. The president has to belive that he is doing "the best" for his people (which is obviously not), but I think he actually belive it, there can't be such evil in one man, or maybe he just turned into a megalomaniac or sociopath, which can be, too.
ReplyDeleteDaniel Fernandez
20091110202
English 3 - Section 1
I think that the president of our country, Hugo Chavez is an "elected" dictator. He really isn't democratic and just deceive to world.
ReplyDeleteCurrently, Chavez have control over electoral institutions, national assemblies, public service and supreme courts, also he closed media outlets such as RCTV and several radio stations for didn't support him . All these facts have contributed that he have gotten so much power and the only way that fight against him is form an alliance between the armed forces and the civil society, and so recover the real democracy.
Sebastián Díaz
200902990
English III. Section 2
Some authoritarian leaders wear a democratic mask in order to hide their real behaviors and maintain good relations with other democratic countries, using the excuse that they were chosen by a democratic process, they are shown to the world as democratic leaders but these dictators change the laws in order to preserve themselves in the power.
ReplyDeleteElected dictators found this formula to concentrate all the control in their hands, but independent public powers are the base of a true democracy, in these cases without autonomy powers, is a state with a fake democracy.
Caracas, Venezuela
Daniel Sánchez 200909000
English III, Section 2
As many of the people that has comment on this blog i also life in Venezuela and i also desagree with our current president Hugo Chavez. But the truth about what its happening now its a thing that comes from the past. For over more than 40 years of democracy a social class has been totally forgotten an only the high class and the medium class have been taken under consideration.
ReplyDeleteSo thats why we have a president like Chavez that offers things and hears the necesitys of the more needed ones, that in our country is an 80% of the poblation and even do he doesnt make truth the things he promises they prefer a president like this that one that doesnt care if they are alive or not.
English III, Section 6
Iker Elorriaga
Hello alicia, a perfect example of this is venezuela, at this moment our country is passing through a big crisis that could finish with it, all of this is thank you to a dictator who initially made us believe many things, made us think that venezuela could be a better country, but as the time pass we have realized that everything what he did and said were pure lies and that instead of helping the country he is dragging it to a period of decadence that could end with venezuela.
ReplyDeleteOur president not only goes against our rights but also he feels with full freedom of doing whatever he wants inside and sometimes outside the country, nowadays venezuela is not the shadow of what it was 10 years ago everything has changed our economy deteriorates increasingly, all our rights are being violated, all our institutions are handled by incompetent people, people are being murdered without any reason and many other atrocities, but the worst thing is that although people manifestate and proclaim the president doesn´t worry about any of this doing of venezuela a worse country.
Johana Cacucciolo
Section 1, English III
Currently, Venezuela is passing a big crisis were our president feels he has the right to rule over our country unfairly. Freedom of speech does not exist, reporters have been taken out of their jobs becuase they do not agree with the government. This crisis could finsh our country, everyday it keaps getting worst, insecurity is rising, people are dying and even though we manifestate and proclaim things do not change, we are still ruled by a president thats making Venezuela a worst country.
ReplyDeleteMaria Cristina Vallenilla 20091111436
English III, Section 2
This is well described as the present situation in our country Venezuela, where the president takes advantage of winning by the votes of a predominant illiterate population with the promise of a better future for them.
ReplyDeleteHe shows himself to the world as a democratic leader but the situation is completely different. Chavez takes over the control of all institutional powers (legislative, supreme court, congress, elections, national assemblies) and the gap in our society is growing bigger. We became a needed country where the crucial elements for our society to survive are more needed than ever, unemployment,hunger, delinquency, among others are only a "few" samples of the venezuelan lifestyle under these regime.
Rebecca Cittadino 200908640
Section I, ENGLISH III
Hey alicia,
ReplyDeleteActually I'm living in the situation that you describe. In Venezuela, as everyone knows, the president Hugo Chavez is destroying our country by giving money away, using it for his personal needs, and others things.
Hugo Chavez, has been the president of Venezuela since 1998, he was elected fairly by majority. Along the years he had made a lot of us miserables. Chavez has change the name to our country, change the constituion, the insecurity in the country has grown in a higher level, Chavez had done a lot of bad things in the country and he is still doing it.
Venezuela is a country with a lot of petrol, and this gives each day more power to Chavez to do what ever he wants. Us, the venezuelan students, are fighting every day for our rights and to get Chavez out the country.
Cristina Cárdenas.
20091112719.
English III, Section 2.
I won´t repeat the same as others, i supose we´re clear about the movements of the president, so i will say some thoughts.
ReplyDelete----
Recently i heard a beautiful quote of Voltaire: "I don´t agree with you, but i will fight for your right to say it". That´s democracy...
I still have hope, and its sad to think that way in a great country like Venezuela. Since our actual president is the leader, things are worst every day. I really have to admit that living in Venezuela is sometimes embarassing, and just because of the president. Is hard to live the everyday life, you don´t know if someone is following you, if you or your close ones will be safe when they return home, if a concentration wont affect you, if you will go to jail to express yourself and demand your rights, or if someone will talk for you if one of this things happens.
Fear is what we have. We are lacking in so much things, things that need attention. We don´t even repect and take care of our own culture like other countries, and that is the previous president´s fault, the actual president fault and our fault too.
Leaders need to be the role model of the society, so why he doesn´t help?, he are just enchanted with a bizarre idea of an equal country where everyone is equal -in the poor level-, and he´s just trying to copy others, knowing that those governments didn´t work. He likes to change the history to his way, and manipulate people to think that way too.
He knows the consequenses of his actions if he quit the presidence, that´s why he´s still there, talking for hours. Gaving diplomas to everyone who study medicine in three years, creating ministers like crazy and not turning arround and watching the problems of the society.
We need to keep fighting and leave a little our differences behind. We need to stop being selfish too and stop pretending being blind in front of this situations. This generation is the one that is making the steps, and i hope, nothing like this will happen again. Let´s start with ourselves -venesuelans- before gaving the big step to make what insticts says.
I want to be free too, i´m affected with this whole situation, i´ve cried and left behind some dreams of mine and i love my country, but we need to be clear that when Chavez quits, the country will not be like before like magic. Let´s work hard together and transform this situation. Chavez will be out sooner or later, the only way he can´t control us like puppets is working together.
Rosa Andreína Gutiérrez
20091111047
English III, Section 6.
According to the reading above, a perfect example of this is the current situation in Venezuela. As we know, Venezuela is a country that has an important amount of petroleum, which means that it is a country with great economical potential. Sadly, at this moment our leader has not taken advantage of this resource. Not only has he not taken advantage of this, but he has made the country worst than ever seen before.
ReplyDeleteWe, the students of Venezuela, have a great weight of responsibility on our shoulders, which is that we cannot allow that one person and his people destroy our future and our freedom. At this moment, we the youth have to focus on our studies, so we can be prepared for the future that lies ahead of us, with the purpose of improving and developing this great and special country, named Venezuela.
Aristides Calvani.
20091111082.
English III, Section 2.
In Venezuela we have 10 years living in a kind of dictatorship. With the passage of time Venezuelans live in a country without democracy, where violence reigns. This violence is caused because the government plays the ostrich man. Today the Venezuelan society has many problems and most of them are related to the terrible performance of the government, but still there are many people who support the current president and this is incredible. For these reasons, Venezuela is one of the countries with a Cruel, Deceiving and "Elected" Dictators of Today. However this situation will not last long, we can change it.
ReplyDeleteHelio A. Requena M.
Carnet: 200901790
English III, Section 4.
Now in our days, here in Venezuela we are living a difficult and insecure kind of life because of the so call leader that we have, which name is Hugo Chavez. I consider him as an evil, psycopath, sadistic dictator who doesnt care about anyone or in that matter anything but himself. Chavez has briught poberty, insecurity, violence, lack of job, debths and more bad things to our beautiful country. If 10 years ago another president, a good president, had governed the country in a different way, today we would be living in a first world country, with all the money in the world and in a pacefull way of life. We are living in a dictators world in which we have to fight back and never give up the things we love because of them.
ReplyDeleteJuan Rodrigo Manrique
CI:20228365
section 3
Prof. Abella
I think the case of Venezuela match perfectly with the topic, ten years ago Hugo Chavez was elected president of Venezuela, since 1999 Hugo Chavez have changed the constitution of Venezuela many times for his own interest, he also has the complete control over the electoral institution of Venezuela (CNE),the national assemblie is compose of his followers so he can invent and get aproved new laws every time and he manage all the public services like water, electricty and others.he is taking control of most of radio station and tv channel so people can´t show the real situation that we are living. Every day we loose more and more liberty and he is becoming more powerful that´s why we have to fight for our country, for our right´s,our money(national oil),our radio stations,our tv channels and for a new president!.
ReplyDeleteByron Mendoza
Section N:3
English 3
Today in Venezuela, President Hugo Chavez wants to do the same actions that have been done by Fidel Castro in Cuba. By closing media, private companies and want to re-elect in the upcoming elections to continue ruling the country looks like he wants to continue in the government of the country. We are living now in a country where human rights don't exist, murder, violence, stealing and so many things happen everyday. So many people despise him for nationalizing some of their lands and industries and have been behind the numerous attempts to oust him. After having seen the way in which freedoms have been curtailed in Venezuela over these many years, it would seem ridiculous to even contend that there might be doubt as to whether Hugo Chavez is a dictator, and he is, he has temporarily suspended Congress more than once and his 2009 referendum victory essentially allows him to be President as long as the people keep electing him. So where's the chance to elect someone new? He pays people only for go to his missions and he makes that people who work in National Companies keep voting for him because if they don't do it, they will lost their job. We're living the dictatorial powers of Hugo Chavez and we hope that everything ends someday in the better way possible.
ReplyDeleteAlberto Clavaud
Sec 3, English III
Carnet: 20091110007
I'm from Venezuela and we are actually been living under an almost dictatorial government runs by President Hugo Chavez. Chavez has taken control of the press, the media, the Supreme Court and all the electoral institutions; therefore he has won all elections with no problem. Our president is always making promises that at the end he doesn't do and the only thing he has brought to our country is misery; lots of crime and a terrible economic situation. Life right now in Venezuela doesn't worth anything; a lot of people have gone homeless, jobless and those who commit a crime don't receive the punishment they deserve because there is no real authority.
ReplyDeleteSimon Ghabch
English III
section 2
These so-called social leaders [this is how they present themselves] born of the needs that people have that are not satisfied by the government of the day, this is how these leaders come to the scene. With the passing of time these leaders become true dictators who just want to stay in power for their personal gain.
ReplyDeleteThis means that this solution, which the inhabitants of a country believe to find in these social leaders, becomes a major problem since this type of government doesn’t respected the precepts of democracy.
María Jesús Lucena
20091110335
English III - Section 6
This comment has been removed by the author.
ReplyDeletePeople get what they deserve!
ReplyDeleteDemocratic elected Presidents do not become dictators only because they were predicted to be so.
As it has been demonstrated with previous Dictators’ psychological characteristics, almost all of them have shown a relative complex towards others, that once they are elected, they begin showing their dictator character.
It is true that they are dictators already even before they reach the power.
However, the more cultured and hard worker the population is, the fewer opportunities for them to win in a democratic elections.
These personalities are often good speakers, who involve electors with a lot of hopes.
There, we find the difference! Nowadays, it is not very common to find a Dictator in 1st world nations. Their populations are characterized for being cultured and hard workers people.
Usually Dictators reach the power in those countries were people s are uncultured and/or in deep economical problems, and where its populations find a light of hope in the never ending promises of these personalities.
In other words, dictators are dictators because people that are thirst of solutions see in Dictators words the solutions for their individual problems.
Daniel Lusinchi
English III
Section 2
Hugo Chavez is the president of Venezuela, in fact he’s a tyrant disguised in the skin of a “democratic president” who pretends to help people, when he actually does not.
ReplyDeleteHe has two idols, one is the Cuban dictator, Fidel Castro and the other one is the Argentinian Che Guevara, a Cuban Revolution “hero”, and both of them have marked Chavez ideological and political views throughout all of his years as president of Venezuela. During his campaign in front of the Executive Power, exercising as the head of State, many human rights have been trespassed and violated; for example, we do not have freedom of speech which means also that people don’t have any access to information or sometimes they receive a tainted one, also one of the most representative and popular TV channels was closed two years ago for presenting an ensemble of ideas against the Regime established eleven years ago by Hugo Chavez which now must be broadcast on paid television.
More recently he ordered the closure of thirty-four radio stations, once more because these didn’t agree with the socialist and communist ideas of the Government. The closure of the TV channel and radio stations entailed a mass dismiss of employees, who now don’t have a salary, leaving them in a labor void. He also took all the power of most of the public institutions and services, putting in charge incompetent people who are not in capacity to run and handle these very essential organizations.
The insecurity is another problem which is threatening our city and especially our country, we are dying in the streets because of the violence; thieves do not hesitate to kill people for a pair of shoes or a fancy cell phone, but the most worrying thing about this is the impunity around these felonies.
The good thing is that there’s a movement of students who are protesting against the impunity and the insecurity we’re experiencing every day, hopefully their protests and their hard work will land on good soil and change the destiny of this beautiful country.
Marianissa Rada
20091112401
English 3, section 1
As far as Evil dictators go, the 5 mentioned above do filled the right profile to be indeed called Evil. I dont think we will ever be able to understand why people adored them in such a way in some of the cases, this rare behavior perhaps relies on the fact that people need to believe in something when all hope seems to be completely lost, who is to blame? The dictator or those who led the country reach such a situation that a person like this was able to play with people's minds and take over their thoughts and feelings by promising an impossible reality?. Evil dictators are allowed to come into stage by our own making, we are the ones who let them in by our own messy doing for years and years.
ReplyDeleteAndrea Delgado
200706900
Hi, this is actually happen in Venezuela. Hugo Chavez was elector president of Venezuela by demoscratics votes but since he started to governated all his speach has changed. Now he is a disctarial governant, he only wants to his own wich and that can be. This also happen because some people belive so much in what he said. This people believe in him only because he hate so much to the people who have and can aford some things and he made that the people that can't aford these things hate them too. If we don't do nothing these people will incrise their hate for the others and this couldn't be, we have to do something about it.
ReplyDeleteMayra RAmírez Section 1
200903830
Hi Alicia:
ReplyDeleteLiving in Venezuela, since the last forty years have been "impossible", due to the lack of governments that really care for the development of the nation.
In the last ten years, Venezuela has gone trough a series of changes, leading the country to a complete disaster, we have to analyze that the bad government of Hugo Chavez is not the whole cause of this disaster that we call country. Since we the citizens of Venezuela have a flaw, which is the ignorance. This flaw opens the way to the biggest marketer that human kind will ever see Hugo Chavez, because he not only represents the president of a nation, but the name Hugo Chavez is a brand, it's simple to analyze this in that way because just like a brand it has millions of followers, also he becomes an idol, an icon, and believe it or not the persuasiveness that he as a brand and as a president has, is the most powerful weapon to attack a country filled with ignorant people, therefore we the people, are the first cause of this involution process. So like our liberator Simon Bolivar once said "An ignorant population is the blind instrument of its own destruction", we are blinded by the ignorance and we have lost not only our country but our true essence, allowing the president to do what ever he wants with this piece of land that we call Venezuela.
In conclusion not only a dictator wearing a mask is leading the country to its destruction, also the people are involved in this process.
What do we the people do to change this?
I personally think nothing.
Rodrigo Machado
Section 2
English III
in Venezuela is experiencing a similar situation, because in 1999 the Venezuelans decided to choose a new president is Hugo Chavez, since that time no one knew what the future to protect us and today nearly 10 years are living in a dictatorship Disguise democracy, and the majority of Venezuelans feel helpless at the political, economic and social development because the current situation in the country is not easy ......but while those who still believe the continued support here as there is no solution other than violence because they always cheat the legal route and we can not do anything about them because they always resort to brute force.
ReplyDeleteDANIEL MELIAN 200905680
SECTION 1
ENGLISH III
Michele Montalvo section 2
ReplyDeletei believe that hitler as he was a cruel leader he was a hero too because thanks to him germany went from poverty into a superpower house he recover germany from the depths of darkness and social depression he made the german people were proud again, he also turn germany into a feared country nobody would be messing with germany now, nobody will step into germany without repercussion without punishment, i know after doing all this thing he went into the wrong direction creating war out of the thin air but one of he primary goals were to transforms he country into the great germany again make become the greatest empire of all once again.
Hi alicia and everyone, venezuela is the perfect example for this. Here the president do what ever he want and constantly commits crimes against human rights. Recently he shut down 34 Radio Stations with no reassons, he also control the national assembly and creates laws for his own interest. I dont say that sometimes he had good ideas but really nothing works correctly. The goverment is plenty of corrupt people and delinquency is worse than ever.
ReplyDeleteRicardo Carral #200802080
Section 5 . Ingles III
No doubt Venezuela is experiencing this situation, in which our leaders seem a democracy governed under the final analysis it is a dictatorship disguised inadvertently becomes a pure dictatorship where our right to express will be removed. For years human rights in this country have receded into the background and who is not in favor of the government simply is trampled and humiliated. Moreover, every day when we wake up we learn that private companies are taken over the government, to pretend that now IT will be to ""all Venezuelans" while the only thing that seeks to eliminate the private sector to increase their power. Venezuelans need to wake up and act as soon as possible or we will be stuck in a dead end.
ReplyDeleteValentina Fernandez
English 3 Section 5
Alicia Arraiz
When I was a girls I used to hear that Venezuela was a great country. Venezuela ha a strong democracy and a strong economy. Also, Venezuela was one of the most beautiful and modern country in Latin America.
ReplyDeleteNow, I ask my self where that country is. Today, Venezuela democracy is just history. Besides that, Venezuela has the worst economy in Latin America, with the highest rates of crimes, lack of educatiom and lack of public services.
It is easy to say that Chevez is the Cause of all the problems but I do not agree with it, since I believe that Chavez is a consequence.
I truly believe that the worst dictator Venezuela has is the lack of education or non education at all. If Venezuelan people do not work to improve the education, It will always exist one Chavez.
Diana Gonzalez
English III, sec 5
Venezuela is a perfect example of this post. Actually, we have a president that have total control of all the powers (like CNE, TSJ and many others), and the control all the public services. Now he´s trying to destroy the private property and make venezuelans "socialist" with the "Socialismo del siglo XXI".
ReplyDeleteThe real consequence of these actions is the destruction of the venezuelans life. Now we have high percentage of delinquency and unemployment, and a president that doesn´t care about the safety of Venezuela.
Fernando Montilla
English III, Section 5
Hi Alicia
ReplyDeleteVenezuela has many problems both with the government and the people. The Chávez government was voted so this indicates that it was democratic, but over the years this government was getting worse and physically abusing people, including massacres in the opposition marches among others. This president also is leading the Venezuelan people to confront each other. While still stealing money and enjoying traveling abroad, instead of solving the internal problems of the country such as economy and security. In summary, the lower class people who are with Chavez despite living with death and all this suffering and insecurity among others, continues to hear the president's words and believe in him. However the opposition against him, but they are not well organized and doesn’t have a leader or someone respectable and not corrupt, therefore always fail to achieve their goals.
D.J.
SECTION 4 ENGLIH III
Alicia, first I want to tell you that the forum is very interesting that you've begun. I live in Venezuela, where we have a president with the same characteristics of a megalomaniac. During his government has taken over the media, of the National Assembly and other national institutes. In addition he has made the people believe that he is the best solution to the problems of the nation, but the saddest thing is that people have believed. "Ignorance is the worst enemy of the people", as Simon Bolivar said.
ReplyDeleteVenezuelans see as the world moves while we are affected with the progress of the "Revolution", while other nations try to find solutions to their problems, illnesses, financial difficulties, our government gives money to help other countries and our people are hungry, What is progress?, Where were the promises?, Many people have the same doubt and no one to answer it, we only see as the Venezuelans migrate in search of a better future, to escape the greed of the "commander."
Leonardo J. Jaramillo P.
English III
Secc: III
Hi Alicia
ReplyDeleteRussian goverment is another good example of a dictatorship disguise, Vladimir Putin is totally autocratic, hand is the puppeteer behind the new president Dimitir Menderev, an like any order tyran he crush everyone who oppose him like Karpoff who is the leader of The opposition to Putin.
Diego Bautista
English 3
Section 7
Hi Alicia,
ReplyDeleteIn my personal experience in my country since the past 11 years in power a president who used the democratic mask to give a good image to the world and gaining support for his mandate which has not by the Venezuelans themselves; only a small group is supported by the great power of persuasion that have and have the economic means to maintain with this group, which is what has allowed him to succeed in two presidential elections to be conducted and for so time in power, in addition to that we have a little concern by the opposition to have a great unit and so tackle the problem.
Laura Alonso
200707760
English III
Section: 2
Nowadays, in Venezuela we are living in a fake democracy mask with a Constitution that it is not longer respected by anyone of the government. After almost 11 years of Chavez government, Venezuela has been suffering drastic changes that has been disappointing to the society and that’s why some people prefer to leave the country before result affected by Chavez decisions. In fact, these happens because all the power is concentrated in the president, so he can take any judgment without being questioned. An example of this, are all the expropriations that people have had to tolerate when the government takes away their properties without giving anything back , using as a pretext the implantation of the Socialism of the 21 century.
ReplyDeleteAdditionally, nonconformist with having the control over the National Assembly, the Supreme Court and the Electoral Institution, now the president wants to limit the freedom of expression across a gag law. As a consequence of this law, almost all the channels of the country are scare to broadcast important information about what is happening. Obviously, the intentions of the President Chavez is to have controlled all the country to prevent the society turn against his ideologies and to reach his goal of remain as President indefinitely and because of these and many other reasons, Chavez can be considered like a dictator.
Nowadays, in Venezuela we are living in a fake democracy mask with a Constitution that it is not longer respected by anyone of the government. After almost 11 years of Chavez government, Venezuela has been suffering drastic changes that has been disappointing to the society and that’s why some people prefer to leave the country before result affected by Chavez decisions. In fact, these happens because all the power is concentrated in the president, so he can take any judgment without being questioned. An example of this, are all the expropriations that people have had to tolerate when the government takes away their properties without giving anything back , using as a pretext the implantation of the Socialism of the 21 century.
ReplyDeleteAdditionally, nonconformist with having the control over the National Assembly, the Supreme Court and the Electoral Institution, now the president wants to limit the freedom of expression across a gag law. As a consequence of this law, almost all the channels of the country are scare to broadcast important information about what is happening. Obviously, the intentions of the President Chavez is to have controlled all the country to prevent the society turn against his ideologies and to reach his goal of remain as President indefinitely and because of these and many other reasons, Chavez can be considered like a dictator.
Geny Di Toro
Ingles III. Secc.3
Today in Venezuela we are living in a dictatorship disguised as a participative democracy, Chavez has concentrated all the power in himself and has lower quality of life in Venezuela. He has made that Venezuelan people split in to two and fight between each other. I’m sure that Chavez will be talk in the future like Hitler Stalin, Castro or any other evil dictator that has been in the history.
ReplyDeleteAlvaro Febres-Cordero
Secc 3 ingles 3
The truth is that we are practically living in Venezuela that situation Chavez our president was elected in 1999 in a democratic manner, only that it was during a moment of weakness and need of a leader, for this reason Hugo could get at all the public services of our country. Chavez says he wants to impose a socialist system and that he supports Marx, Karl Marx said that socialism could not exist without capitalism, so this is all a big lie and this discourse has been gradually trying excluded from globalization
ReplyDeleteStefano Costantini
ingles III
20091110289
The truth is that we are practically living in Venezuela that situation Chavez our president was elected in 1999 in a democratic manner, only that it was during a moment of weakness and need of a leader, for this reason Hugo could get at all the public services of our country. Chavez says he wants to impose a socialist system and that he supports Marx,but Karl Marx said that socialism could not exist without capitalism, so this is all a big lie and this discourse has been gradually trying excluded from globalization.
ReplyDeleteStefano Costantini
20091110289
Today, Venezuela is a false democracy that has no rights or institutions to protect them. We only live with a feeling of indignation while a person destroys all the stuff who make a difference between a democratic country and a country into a dictatorship. These differences are the loss of the majority of the institutions who avoid the loss our rights like the right to private property. In a country where a president makes all he wants without a consequence the principles of democracy have been lost. These are the ideas that come to mind in Venezuela, where an elected dictator was in charge of violating our fundamental rights and the elimination of weapons to protect him.
ReplyDeleteErnesto Seijas, Section 7. English III
Today, Venezuela is a false democracy that has no rights or institutions to protect them. We only live with a feeling of indignation while a person destroys all the stuff who make a difference between a democratic country and a country into a dictatorship. These differences are the loss of the majority of the institutions who avoid the loss our rights like the right to private property. In a country where a president makes all he wants without a consequence the principles of democracy have been lost. These are the ideas that come to mind in Venezuela, where an elected dictator was in charge of violating our fundamental rights and the elimination of weapons to protect him.
ReplyDeleteErnesto Seijas. Section 7. English III
The first thing that comes to my mind when i think abouta dictators are 2 things. One how a man could do such an evil a murders because his ideology, and how the people could do nothing in the begining, A lot of these govgerments are disguised and fake. There is a theory why there is people so evil, and 1 of the reasons could be the past of the person that was dramatic.
ReplyDeleteBut any excuse could sabe a person that cause such pain in the world. And all the people should be alert to prevent this goverments to do evil things. The power i’ts in the hands of the people.
Gustavo Casas, English III, Section 3
President Chavez in Venezuela is one of that examples of dictators that wear a "democratic mask". He makes the people believe he is a good man and that he surely will make the future of the country get better. That is why people voted for him in first place, but eleven years later the conditions of the country and the quality of venezuelan's life are notable worst.
ReplyDeleteHe has the control over CNE (National Electoral Council), National Assembly and many more public and private institutions. Little by little he is controling us one by one.
All the above make us believe that we can't defeat him because we have not ways to do so.
Paula Videtta
200904650
Ingles III, Section 2
Hi teacher (Alicia)
ReplyDeleteAfter reading that parragraph i absolutly feel that im living in that kind of governement with a president who hides a dictatorship under a facet of democracy.Our country our country is trapped in a regime that controls everything and his only purpose is to destroy their opponents and govern alone only with the revolutionarys followers. It is so sad that our nation is in such bad situation, just for a president who does not mind the welfare of the country.
Romy Ezquerro
Seccion 4
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ReplyDeleteCurrently in Venezuela and since 11 years ago we are living in a pseudo democracy headed by a corrupt and authoritarian president. As stated in the post, dictators with democratic mask, those who stay in power by bribing and extorting the public authorities, are in front of the eyes of the international community as legitimate democratic presidents. Hugo Chavez takes advantage from the fact that there is precariously media that is against him to confirm the integrity of freedom of expression, a political opposition that tries to follow the democratic process that eventually wins public offices to confirm the integrity of the Electoral Council and a Justice Court that eventually dictates against Chavez supporters, ratifying this way the autonomy of this organization. All of these, added up to the bribing of the poor countries of the region to keep them on their side, and condemning as Yankee and disqualifying as lackey of the empire whoever don’t share his Socialist ideals, makes the perfect components for the democratic mask that Chavez uses in front of the international community.
ReplyDeleteAll of these makes us think about untill when International Organizations such as UN and OAS, will recognize as democrats governments like these.
Miguel Gomez Peñalver.
Seccion 5.
Today in Venezuela We are living this experience. The president have complete power over the national assembly, the electoral power, the supreme court, public services and the media is affraid to be close, so they have self censorship. He is telling the people that the country is going in a good direction, when the truth is that the economy is almost a joke. It have the second worst rate of devaluation. And He divided the country in the people that can see what is really happening and the people that believe that he is telling the true. If the people does not do something fast the President could last for a long time and become another dictator in the history of the world.
ReplyDeleteCarlos Camero
200814970
English 3 Section 3
Nowadays, Venezuela is facing this exactly situation, the democratic Government of President Hugo Chavez Frias has become everything but not democratic, and we have a sort of facts to support it. In the last elections, Chavez’s competence: Manuel Rosales, having the victory in his hands, quit himself from his candidature when his family was threatened if he doesn’t quit, then Chavez was still president. Before that, in all places of the country, Venezuelans signed a petition for Chavez to leave the presidency of Venezuela; about 95% of the population assisted, but nothing happened, maybe because someone doctored the results or because Chavez nullified the action. Maybe the most outrageous fact is that Chavez’s government started at 1998, and he is still in the power, even though he had to quit in two opportunities. Those tree were the most important facts to believe that Chavez Government is actually a dictatorship, and maybe some people are happy with his president, but the rest of the Venezuelans aren’t, because this government doesn’t resolve the problems that the country is having, and every time that things seems get better, Chavez or his entourage make the things to keep the same; doubtless, we are living a dictatorship masked as a democracy.
ReplyDeleteHenrique García de la Concha
English III- Section 1
Currently, Venezuela is undergoing a complex political process that involves many of the FEATURES mentioned in the initial comment made by Professor Alicia. I am a college student and I regret to say that Chavez is producing situation in the country is creating in all Venezuelans a greater sense of fear, helplessness and mistrust of youth is no longer free and full of opotunidades for young students of Venezuela filled with repression and inhibition of fear of insecurity, and the saddest thing is that every day the government finds new ways to exercise control in our society.
ReplyDeleteWe live in a dictatorship.
Caracas-Venezuela
Yohannleidy Alves
Ingles III Sec. 5
NICOLA DE LISIO, SECTION#7.
ReplyDeleteHugo Chavez Frías, Venezuela’s President, is one of the deceiving and cruel dictators that were elected. Chavez was elected at 1998 with 56.20% of the votes but with 40% of abstention. He has destroyed the Venezuela’s economy with the dollar restrictions, with the big income of the oil he hasn’t invested for the country and he has expropriated many industries for regulate the food’s prices, that those are high for the Bolivar’s inflation, but destroying the production of the country. Chavez has in his hands the National Assembly that approves everything that he says. All the public servers are in his hands too, like the Departments and public services like the Metro, the Caracas’s electricity, Hidrocopital, etc. Chavez controls the majority of the public medias, where he can manipulate the information that those media broadcast, and the other medias are restricted by the Gag Law. Those are only some arguments that explain because Chavez is one of the current elected dictators.
Over time, always in human history, there are countries that have fallen into the hands of a dictator, who started well and hopeful people but when they least expect it, the president takes off his mask and shows his true purpose.
ReplyDeleteThis has occurred in many countries that thought they came out of the misery and really did not realize they entered the agony of a dictator. Cases of Cuba, Fidel Castro, although he was not elected by vote, he came down the mountain giving strength to people to believe in him, who would have thought it would be worse, even to this day, after more than forty years, he is still "ruling" a ruin country.
In Venezuela, although we have a president who was elected by popular vote, we have been realizing that is a person who wants to remain in the power and looking for ways to take our rights, freedom of expression and take away many things that a president really democrats wouldn’t.
Vanessa Peña
Inglés III
Sección 6 2:00 pm
Well, This is what happened in Venezuela right now, the present situation in our country has change sice the beginning until now, the president takes advantage of winning by the votes of a predominant poor population with the promise of a better and equitable future for them.
ReplyDeleteHe shows himself to the world as a socialist leader but the situation is different. Chavez takes over the control of institutional powers, and now, anyone can't divest him from the power. The country thank to his actions has became in poorness, increase of the violence and insecurity, so, we're living in an almost comunist country.
HarvinJPetitP.
20101110045
Sección: 3
Well, This is what happened in Venezuela right now, the present situation in our country has change sice the beginning until now, the president takes advantage of winning by the votes of a predominant poor population with the promise of a better and equitable future for them.
ReplyDeleteHe shows himself to the world as a socialist leader but the situation is different. Chavez takes over the control of institutional powers, and now, anyone can't divest him from the power. The country thank to his actions has became in poorness, increase of the violence and insecurity, so, we're living in an almost comunist country.
HarvinJPetitP.
20101110045
Sección: 3
:D
ReplyDeleteThat situation seems just like what we are leaving here in Venezuela. We still have a “democratic system” but it is sad to see what happens today in our country. The freedom of expression is reduce, people can’t express themselves just like they want because maybe they; or US!, better said, will be punished. I think the president of Venezuela is trying to look as a democratic person who listens to his population, but the truth is that he is just acting and some people can’t see that because, believe it or not, there are people who adore him. Step by step, with no one realizing, we are losing our country.
ReplyDeleteMARIA ISABEL CARIDAD.
200901100
SECTION 7
Days ago we saw a history documental about Josef Stalin and his political project…then, a lot of thinking came in my mind. Do we really want a jackboot on our consciences?. Little by little, the Chavez´s “socialism” had removed all our national identity. We saw how he changed our patriotic symbols, our country name, our constitution, etc, only to achieve a personal goal. Many people thought in1999 that a military man could bring them a better way of life, but today the facts and the history have demonstrated that when a government takes wrong decisions the results are catastrophic. We have lost our democracy and in consequence we will lost our beloved Venezuela. Every day, we sadly see how the selfishness and ambitious of power of only one man snatches our future. We live afraid for our lives, our properties, our families, our jobs, because the president doesn´t want productive people instead, he wants submissive citizens. Like the history of Russians, our actually situation benefits a minority pro-government group at the sacrifice of all country. We have a confiscated justice, a National Assembly that works only for the president, a terrifying pressure on the productive companies and an insecurity that is ending with the life of our younger people, who are the future. But all is not lost, we have the opportunity to change, we have the responsibility to lead our country to a democracy way again, we will must to vote on September National Assembly elections if we want to live in a country where there are opportunities for everyone and where we can live as brothers not as enemies.
ReplyDeleteAntonella Fabiano
200800130
English III. Section 3
Venezuela it's a democratic nation for the other nations, or that is the mask what we have. But we aren't democratic, the whole nation have economical problems because the president give our money to other nations, create hospitals in Cuba when in Venezuela people dies because we don't have a ideal medical system. Now we have a new warning alert, the Chipo, and the government don't do anything about that, only are making rich who are around the president and the president itselve. Another problems as the wather and electricity falliure aren't resolved too. in conclusion we live with a dictator and he mask our country as a democratic nation.
ReplyDeleteJonathan Armas
20091113311
Section 2
It seems incredible that today, after which mankind has lived there are still dictators. Venezuela live in a democratic illusion, and I say illusion because in reality is a dictatorship. The president-elect has made various moves to capture all power and rule the country as it sees cause, without considering the consequences and the damage it does to this beautiful land. The division of social classes, that distance with that spread hatred between Venezuelan brothers. The misappropriation of funds, giving Venezuelan capital to other nations for support, when us need the money to build schools, hospitals and move forward. I really do not know who are worse, Chávez or people who support him, because many of us are against his government, but apparently we are not strong enough to oust him and we want to build Venezuela. We only have faith and hope to continue fighting in search of our dream of freedom.
ReplyDeleteSandra Correa.
English III. Section 1.
I think, that this we are living today in Venezuela since the president has a democratic mask, which wants to help the dispossessed and social class is a complete hoax, because it is destroying. It also is taking over all private means of production in our country, leaving more than there are unemployed, which consequently increases poverty. It is also creating a hatred of those who had and have achieved all this by their effort and work product. It has all the power of all political bodies and autonomous agencies of the state.
ReplyDeleteYolanda Catalano
Ingles 3, Seccion 5
Nowadays people may thing that is impossible that a dictator can rule, because of the culture that we have today and the easy access of information and most important because we saw that mistake people made in the past and hope to never do it again. But the reality is, that we are still repeating those mistakes maybe not identically but similar.
ReplyDeleteMany things can put a dictator in power, first his personality, always charming and appealing, people can see in him a hero or maybe a god. Second, many years of dissatisfaction by a majority that see in the new leader a solution to all of their problems. And third of all, a crack in the political system of the country. For example in Venezuela, when Chavez run for power, the two mayor party, AD (Social Democracy) and COPEI (Christian Social), had a lot of internal breaks and people didn’t trust them any more so they look for the hero that came from below and wasn’t part of an elite.
Gabriela Saume
200700950
Ingles III, Sección I
Nowadays in Venezuela we are living difficult moments. Our president Hugo Chávez Frias is taking control of everything. When Chávez was elected, all what he presented seemed to be perfect and organized. But afterwards, suddenly he transformed in one of the most terrible persons that this country could ever have. He perpetrated people's civil rights and freedom of speech, suspended the broadcasting of several channels and the most horrible thing, he divided the country in two, where the hate confronts love.I hope that one day Venezuelans will open their eyes and see that they deserve a better person to rule this beautiful country.
ReplyDeleteLoredana Di Stefano
20091110934
English III Section 2
According to the reading, nowdays a perfect example of this is the current situation in Venezuela.
ReplyDeleteAs we know, Venezuela is a country with great economical potential but unfortunately our president has not taken advantage of this resource to bring our country forward.
In this moment, i am a college student and i need to say that the Venezuela's Students have a really big responsability in his shoulders because we can not let a group of people led by an evil leader, taking control over us the wrong way take away our rights, our freedom and destroying our future.
At this moment, we must fight to regain our country because our President has made the country worst than ever seen before.
Jennytza Gonzalez
English 3, Section 5
Prof. Alicia Arraiz.
I cannot be more agree with you Alicia , it’s hard to believe how nowadays people still electing and supporting men who talk, who explains his ideas of change, of a better country, exactly the same as evil dictators did in the past.
ReplyDeleteI don’t understand why we still committing the same mistake again and again. An evil Pearson is easy to recognize, how we will elect a men that didn’t finish High school or didn’t went to university, how can this be reasonable. We have to be more careful electing the men who is going to rule our country. He have to be intelligent, prepare, educated, conscious about people, about human rights.
I think all evil dictators took control of their countries, because people believe in them, in a change, people believe in the typical speech of a dictator. Of a great hero that will give to the poor people hopes of becoming rich, or equal to the rich people. We have to be very careful when we elect a president, because this men or woman will have the power to take decision that could affects us in a serious way.
ALFRED ZERBIB
ENGLISH III
SEC . 5
200700400
many dictators who were elected by the people do not want to call themselves democratic dictators think they are but do not like freedom of expression, separation of powers or the rule of law. in Latin America has shown time go through many dictators who have oppressed the people right through the force thousands of people disappearing in the case of Chile under Pinochet. Currently in Venezuela there is a huge phenomenon call Chavez he saids that he is democratic but he does not like people think the opposite of why it is considered counter-revolutionary someone who does not want equality and justice of the people but he is deceiving the people taking all your conveninecia public authorities and economic reserves of the country without taking intoaccount that we are 24 million people who are part of the country not only him. Doing what he wants to his convenience without thinking of the common good of the Venezuelan people.
ReplyDeleteana magallanes sec.5 inglesIII
In many countries, nowadays, many dictators' cases exist. Many dictators he hides under a lie that little by little is discovered. Many dictators are chosen democratically.
ReplyDeleteDictators exist in the world as: Fidel I geld, that undio to vat in the misery and lag.
In venezzuela a dictator covered with communist exists, but we all know that this president has been the worst of the whole history.
Elizabeth de ornelas
Ingles III
Seccion 02
In many countries, nowadays, many dictators' cases exist. Many dictators he hides under a lie that little by little is discovered. Many dictators are chosen democratically.
ReplyDeleteDictators exist in the world as: Fidel I geld, that undio to vat in the misery and lag.
In venezzuela a dictator covered with communist exists, but we all know that this president has been the worst of the whole history.
Elizabeth de ornelas
Ingles III
Seccion 02
In the world there are many presidents elected that wear a democratic mask to the world but they truly are dictators; for example Daniel Ortega in Nicaragua, Evo Morales in Bolivia, Hugo Chavez in Venezuela, etc. The last one, Chavez, is the best example i can give because im living it.
ReplyDeleteHugo Chavez is the president elected in 1999 by the mayority of the citizens in Venezuela. He promised to improve the economy, the politics, etc; but he hasnt done anything yet, he only has taken the control of electoral institutions, national assemblies, supreme courts, media outlets and public services.
Chavez called himself a democratic socialist, but he is not, he is copying the Castro political system; in other words, he has become year after year a communist dictator that has muzzled our freedom and all the things that a democracy should have.
Alfredo Nagel. English III. Section 5. Prof. Alicia Arraiz
Well, in Venezuela, with the actual Government, we are living into a situation that still seems to be Democracy, but this is not true, because here, we are been dominated by the wants of the President (Hugo Chávez), which only desire is to create a country where everything and everyone work only for him and his benefits (or wishes). This regimen is so imposed, and without self expression, that if you want to say what you think, you are already in troubles and if you are a member of an important and influential group of people, you probably will finish on jail because of this, also, the medias who want to show the real, are regulated for many stupid laws that are making only to avoid that Venezuelans people know the truth of this whole and absolutely disaster.
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Carnet # 20091111024
Section I English III
In Venezuela and many other countries around the world, people are cheated by politicians who says that they want unity and power for the community.
ReplyDeleteThis happened in in 1999, Hugo Chavez Frias was elected president because he used the fear of the people in his favor, he said things about how to solve venezuelan problems and how to keep a democratic state. But right now, the situation is the same and changing for worst, to the row of comunism.
Chavez is still in his position because he has taken the control over almost all the states and over the National Assembly, which aprroved laws that instead of helping the people, helps the state. The only way to recover venezuela is to take more diputes on the National Aseembly than the goverment.
Igor Bethencourt
Section #3 English #3
Some of the dictatorships have begun such as a democracy opportunity and development. Leaders of these fake democracies show the society plans and projects, but these with time are not fulfilled. In Venezuela is under the government of Hugo Chavez, has spent ten years since he was elect for the first time as president and since then in the country has not seen a development. Furthermore this government has been attempted against the civil rights of many Venezuelans. For example, the freedom speech, the social security, the health etc. The present government of Venezuela also has attacked the institutions and has manipulates. For this reason I believe that Venezuela is government which is called democratic but which does not respect the basic principles of a democratic society.
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Section #3. English #3
when people have power you can see who they really are, some people want even more power than they already have and that's what we can call a megalomaniac. A person controlling a lot the powers like electoral institutions, national assemblies, supreme courts, media outlets, public services can't do a good job, because their responsibilities are bigger than He is, having for consequence a bad performance; but these people don't care because they have money, power and whatever they can have with those things, and the people under their government are the ones who have to suffer, because these people only thinks in themselves. That's the reason why megalomaniac people can't be on power and the town have to be more intelligent than these people are, and the don't have to believe in that fantasies what they say to them just to been elected.
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Section 1. English 3
The president of Venezuela has turned a democratic country into socialist/dictatorship country by taking control of the public services, national entities, and many other important institutes. He has also restrained many liberties like the right of speech, he has stated many rules that regulate the people´s freedom and he has divided the country.
ReplyDeleteThanks to all the decisions taken by President Hugo Chavez, Venezuela’s economy has fallen, the level of education is poor, even more criminals run free on the streets, and the people live insecure and stressed out. The overall situation of the country is critical.
English III, section 3.
Jhoana Herrera.
As you may know, Venezuela has fall in one of those "elected" dictators. With the premise of become the contry into a socialist regime, he has changed or created laws as the indefinite re-election or the law to suppress the medias and the freedom of expression. It's obvious that are just excuses to him stay longer in the power and to sink the country in a state of disinformtion with no possibility of expresion.
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English III. section 3
in Venezuela is experiencing a similar situation, because in 1999 the Venezuelans decided to choose a new president is Hugo Chavez, since that time no one knew what the future to protect us and today nearly 10 years are living in a dictatorship Disguise democracy, and the majority of Venezuelans feel helpless at the political, economic and social development because the current situation in the country is not easy ......but while those who still believe the continued support here as there is no solution other than violence because they always cheat the legal route and we can not do anything about them because they always resort to brute force.
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SECTION 2
ENGLISH III
Hugo Chavéz Frias is a dictator who used democracy as a mask, this man has not only its government based on lies about a supposed revolution.Also, the president has created a Venezuela where it is he who has absolute power and favors only that you are on your side. He has manipulated and created laws to make these false conducive to revolution. Chavéz has divided Venezuela between rich and poor, taking advantage of the ignorance of some to use them against the one with a bit more than him. Venezuela is full of hatred, lies, envy, families and friends separated by the fault of the president, who is not able to make us equal but which degrades people to make them similar to others.
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English III section 3
Today in Venezuela, we are living a very similar situation. Our president Hugo Chávez was elected by people who believed that he was going to do everything that he offered, help people evolve and help our country develop in this world. Since then, Venezuela has become a country where everything is controlled by him. The National Assembly, the Supreme Court, the Electoral Power and most of the national institutions. Lately he has also taken power of our freedom of speech. National TV Channels are afraid of speaking and say things that can be taken by the government as an offence because then they can get closed.
ReplyDeleteIt is important that Venezuelans realize that things are going wrong in our country and make great efforts to make things right again.
Luxio Bosquez, 200903010
English III,Section 7
The supposed Bolivarian Revolution follows step by step the supposed Revolution in Cuba.
ReplyDeleteIn both cases it is tragic changes of regimes, to get to make a full military dictatorship of terror and repression, allied with dictatorial regimes all around the world.
The military coup of Chavez is exactly the same as that perpetrated by the Castro military 50 years ago.
Venezuelans have to wake up and fight against these dictatorial regimes, becouse once we get into them is almost impossible to escape.
The supposed Bolivarian Revolution follows step by step the supposed Revolution in Cuba.
ReplyDeleteIn both cases it is tragic changes of regimes, to get to make a full military dictatorship of terror and repression, allied with dictatorial regimes all around the world.
The military coup of Chavez is exactly the same as that perpetrated by the Castro military 50 years ago.
Venezuelans have to wake up and fight against these dictatorial regimes, becouse once we get into them is almost impossible to escape.
Johannes Forteza
Carnet : 20091110421
Ingles III
Sección 2
Pier Baston
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english III
section 1
I think this is true because many of these leaders became presidents saying the people that they will solve all the problems and when they have the power they do wathever they want.
Also, they make that people believe in them because by this way they will can not be remove from the power.
Franciss Louiss Garcia
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Ingles 3 Section 1
Commentary about "Cruel, Deceiving and elected dictators of today"
All Venezuelans are victims of a kind of dictatorship. We were thinking that our president was going to be efficient, leader and a good example for us, but he is the opposite of it. He insults the law, constitution and the human rights. He wants to take the control of the country stealing channels, companies, public institutions, and our private property. Also, he takes control of the facebook, twitter and emails. He does not care about any murders and when the students go out and protest against the injustice, courts and electoral institutions. It is very difficult that he implant a democracy, because he has different ideas of terrorism.
Franciss Louiss Garcia
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Ingles 3 Section 1
Commentary about "Cruel, Deceiving and elected dictators of today"
All Venezuelans are victims of a kind of dictatorship. We were thinking that our president was going to be efficient, leader and a good example for us, but he is the opposite of it. He insults the law, constitution and the human rights. He wants to take the control of the country stealing channels, companies, public institutions, and our private property. Also, he takes control of the facebook, twitter and emails. He does not care about any murders and when the students go out and protest against the injustice, courts and electoral institutions. It is very difficult that he implant a democracy, because he has different ideas of terrorism.
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ReplyDeleteI have lived this experience since I was already ten years old. First of all Chavez’s government has carried out laws against freedom of speech closing national television channels for example. This government has taken over of many private companies, damaging them and converting them into something irrelevant for our country, only for gets more and more power. Also, Chavez’s government has taken over the control of all institutions which direct institutional powers (Supreme Court, National Assembly, among others). Sadly, at this moment our president has not considered all those resources that Venezuela have, he has made the country worst than ever seen before, wasting working people, money, and those resources like oil for example. Chavez has changed the name to our country, the whole constitution, and a lot of things in our nation. Probably, I would enumerate a lot of facts done by our present government but with those mentioned before, is enough to certify that all of us are living in a dictatorial country and if we do nothing, in a few years we won´t have any trace of that old Venezuela.
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Section 7 - Ma Carolina Abella
Nowadays this is a reality felt in a lot of countries, for instance Venezuela, with president Chávez. In the last decade, Venezuela has been submerged in a socialism-comunism establishment where it is divided in two, oficialism and oppositors. The oficialism has taken over all the institutions, like de CNE, making the elections a joke for all the citizens, and nationalized a great quantity of companies, damaging the quality of these. It is constantly attacking the media against the process of course, the oppositors, quartering the freedom of the speech. Its principal strategy is to scare people by threatening, mocking the sovereignty, making it hard to get justice and harder to end the government through justice itself; by this I mean that in these totalitarian systems, justice is not a way out since they have the absolute power of the whole political system and they control everything how they want it and when they wish it. What is worst, in a country like ours where we have a lot of richness and money, as long as the government has money and power, as well as the "justice" in their hands, no ethic or moral, only manupulated, blackmail, and mediocrity, there will be Chávez in power for a few more years. And not least, it is so hypocritical how they claim themselves to be "democratic", but that is the punishment for our ignorance.
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Ana Mazzei
Victor Ball Perez
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Section 7
Hugo Chavez is the elected dictator of Venezuela, he has not only the control of several and important government institutions that approve what ever he asks which has led the country in a really bad economic situation, he also has created a war between the ones that follow his ideas and the opposition by introducing hate and false promises to his followers, furthermore, while his country suffers a bad financial situation, he is always helping another countries by given them money which shows that the only thing he wants is to be the most popular within the ones outside Venezuela. More over, his speeches are full with hate against the companies that, somehow, have made his followers believe that they are the real enemies and whatever they had made, it has been made by stealing from the poor, which produce a justification for all the actions that Chavez do against the private sector by his followers.
Andrea Amaral
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# 20091110519
Venezuelans are actually facing this kind of dictatorship, it is really obvious for the people that are living here in Venezuela, even though there are some people that doesn't seem bothered or worried at all by this fact, these people are the persons that are in the government, living with all the comfort and luxury they can, and also some humble persons that just for the fact that they are getting some money or food, doesn't seem to preoccupy by the implications or effects that has this type of government at a long term. It is really sad that we can end up just like those countries, if we all don't wake up, and see the reallity as it is... And finally do something about it...
This is happening in a lot of contries, this is the case of Venezuela wiht president Chávez.
ReplyDeleteChávez was elected in 1998, he sold to the people an ideology that seemed to be, for those who believed him, the perfect way to govern. Equality between social classes, a good economic situation, a development of the country. All these things seem to be good for the country, but all the things that he promised, they were only promises.
With this government, Venezuela is now a totally different country that it was 11 years ago. The venezuelan citizens are living an extremly difficult situation with kidnapping, murders, robberies, violence. The social classes are very marked and this causes resentment,envy and violent envioronment from the poor to the rich.
Chávez has the control of all the country, like, institutions, assemblies, courts,etc; this means that we are living a communism guise of democracy.
It is amazing to believe that, there are still people who because of their level of ignorance, believe and trust in what Chávez says and promises.
In conclusion, people should change their way of thinking and acting to improve the country.
Miren De Izaguirre.
Section 5. Prof. Alicia Arraiz
some of the main characteristics that almost all of the dictators historically known had are similar to the ones presented by owr actual president. For example most of the dictators didn`t end there studies, they thought that what they were doing was the best for the country, the expropriation of several industries and private properties, among others. Even thought owr president was elected by the people, he has shown several facts that might be interpreted as a dictator's actions.
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Alejandro Zuvic.
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#200902200.
The Venezuelan people are currently going through this dilemma. The President had disguised of democracy his vile attempt to bring a total communism to this country and the Venezuelan people have gone to the streets and protested to maintain its democracy and freedom, but the government always gets what it wants, whether legally or not; we can not free ourselves from this curse in a long time because the Venezuelan people do not want to spill the blood of their own brothers (although I don´t want to say that more than half do nothing just because they are not interest or is not yet their problem) and they are still expecting a peaceful way to get out of the tyranny of this mad, megalomaniac and sick man.
English III
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Actually in Venezuela we are living this situation. The people who think against his regime are called "traitors", but who is the real traitor when in this month ingress to the morgue 289 bodies and the president doesn't even mention? who is the real traitor when nobody knows about the 950.000 millions dollars that entered all this 10 years? who is the real traitor when he talks about socialism and capitalism and he doesn't even know if he is a socialist or capitalist? and more questions came to my head about this theme, when we will do something? I hope not too late.
Mariandrea Ramirez Sivoli
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#20101111508
In Venezuela, citizens chose Chavez as they president without knowing that he didn't want to be a democratic president but a dictator. Actually Venezuelan democracy is being killed by the "Democratic and socialist" Chavez's government that truly is a higher communism. Our rights are getting violated in order to meet his wishes. People is loosing they properties and money; and deeper than that, He is creating an internal war trying to eradicate the "opposition", it means any person against his ideas. People had been killed for defending what belong to them, others had been exiled and some others had gone by they own decision in order to keep living in a democratic society. Its sad to see your own country being destroyed for one person that was chosen for the increasing of his country and not otherwise.
Andrea Monsalve
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Section 02.
Venezuela sadly has one of these “elected Dictators”. The Venezuelan government every day takes more measures to limit and control to the citizens of the country. The real problem is that the measures that the Venezuelan government is implementing sometimes are violating some human rights and are bringing as a result a huge backlog to our country and to us. The government each day has more power and because of this it seems that our president wants to take us to a communism instead of becoming a World power country.
In Venezuela this issue has been a problem for the last 10 years, with our actual president Hugo Chavez. We have been living in a fake democracy with corruption in the maximun level, with the "idea" of a socialist government.
ReplyDeleteWhile the president is actually brain washing the ignorant people, and giving them hope, with ideas that are not been accomplished.
Andrea Waisman
English III/Section 4
In Venezuela this issue has been a problem for the last 10 years, with our actual president Hugo Chavez. We have been living in a fake democracy with corruption in the maximun level, with the "idea" of a socialist government.
ReplyDeleteWhile the president is actually brain washing the ignorant people, and giving them hope, with ideas that are not been accomplished.
Andrea Waisman
English III/Section 4
In Venezuela this issue has been a problem for the last 10 years, with our actual president Hugo Chavez. We have been living in a fake democracy with corruption in the maximun level, with the "idea" of a socialist government.
ReplyDeleteWhile the president is actually brain washing the ignorant people, and giving them hope, with ideas that are not being accomplished.
Andrea Waisman
English III/Section 4
A good example of that kind of dictators can be seen in Venezuela. President Hugo Chavez has been deteriorating quality of life of Venezuelans increasingly. It is a situation that has long time, and that affects us all adversely. The Venezuelans must join together to end this.
ReplyDeleteIsaac Marcano Garrido
English III/Section 3
We definitely have an example of that in Venezuela. Hugo Chavez is an elected dictator that pretends to help people, when he doesn’t, and violates Human Rights and even worst who’s following the steps of his idol Fidel Castro. Venezuela ,also, is divided in social classes thanks to this president that in all his speeches continue to incentivate the hate against the rich people. Actually Venezuelan people are living one of the worst times ever because of Hugo Chavez. Elected president during the year 1999 he tricked people since the beginning and even 10 years later some people still believe in him. He is being such an indecent and shameless president, trying to keep everything away, Tv's channels, Radio Stations, National and International Companies and lately banks have been taken by him. I really hope that all this stop more sooner than later, because later could really destroy our country.
ReplyDeleteGabriel Guardala/ English III, section 7, 2010
Unfortunely, I am living in a Country which has a president with a "democratic mask", he has been manipulating venezuelan's mind, but mostly to those ones who are ingorants. President Chavez is breaking the freedom of expression a little bit more every day,and is taking control of many companies in Venezuela(tv channels, privet companies, radio channels etc)and this is a big problem for all of us. It its important that our generation take concience and attack this issue.
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English III SEC 7
well I think that we all agree that we are living the same situation, we have a president who is wearing a democratic mask for the world, but we know that he is a dictatorship. He is violating our freedom, cvil rights, the freedom of expression, and he is also taking the control of private companies etc.
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English3 sec 7
The "Democratic Mask" of Hugo Rafael Chavez Frias is well supported because he has won all the elections that had been called,but the reality is completely different for all of us,the venezuelans that every day have to wake up to work for a salary that,as time goes by,it unables to buy one less product than yesterday,to see how our right of speech is muzzled by the well-kwnown Gag-law,to see how the families are killed in life every day by the violence,angry and lack of tolerance between "brothers",to see all the public power in hands of the devil itself,and to see how a "mediocre animal" make jokes from the necessities of a country that is tired of being crushed by the abuse of power,tired of being starving and sick,and with the moral and the dignity in the dust.
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Nº200903120
English III-Secc.7
At the eyes of the world, our president Hugo Chavez is hidden behind a democratic ruler’s disguise… Until now. Only the people who have lived this reality day by day are the ones who really know what’s going on here in Venezuela.
ReplyDeleteSince the beginning, our president began to get more and more power with every day that passed, to the point that nowadays he can even shut down any company he wants whenever he wants to, and, whatever the reason is, no one can do anything about it, because he's got the total control of the nation. For example, if he thinks that he has a better use for a mall or a supermarket, he just shuts it down! Without caring about the people who works there and the families affected.
But still, at the eyes of the world, he hasn't been established as a dictator yet. What else does he need to do?
And I’m just mentioning one of the many horrible things he has done to our country. He had closed TV channels, radio stations, private companies and more.
Everything is getting worse day by day.
Diego Da Corte
English III Section 3
nowdays venezuela is living a bad situation but i think that the oposition have the fault because dont have a good organization to destroy the chavez´s government and Chavez knows how to manipulate the poor people and get the most of votes.Also we can see that chavez is taking a lots of companies and this is not just so we need to take concern and do something like students because we are the future of our country.
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Seccion 7
Nowadays, it is difficult to believe that our country is passing through a political transformation that goes against the political ideology of his population. Our “Political Leader” became elected on 1998, after a magnificent speech that made us believe in a prosperous future for our nation. But today, is way different…
ReplyDeletePeople are hungry, are sad and scared… our nation had became one of the most dangerous countries on the world… So, Where is the security? People have to still, and murder to eat… Where is the money from the petroleum?
Come on this is not the country that we vote for… this is his country… He does what he wants to do… He imposed the socialism because he wanted… so where is the democracy?
Pierre Roelens sec 2.
Venezuela does not have an outright dictatorship, but is experiencing a situation of uncertainty and that the president has acquired such power over the institutions of the country that practically do what he decides, freedom of expression has been seriously threatened by the closure of channels TV and radio that the president has authorized.
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Secciòn 7
Well , in this moments venezuela is going to a rougth time thanks to this evil dictators . the case of hugo chavez is easily recognize a dictature with a democracy mask , were this leader handles everything that is in his hands to stay in the power .Our todays presidente it isnt more that and dictator with a democracy mask as the tex say it.
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Laura Pacheco. Carnet: 200859920
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English 3
The whole world has seen many of those governors who govern begin discreetly, with a mask of democracy, but they really hide all the evil of want to make a dictatorship regime. In Venezuela we have seen all the changes that are in the country since the current President, Hugo Chavez is ruling on Venezuela, 11 years ago.
Chavez began infiltrating in the minds of people with low incomes and who doesn't have much knowledge or education, many of these individuals have given their support, but with the time that Chavez has been taking away another things, of way they want to control everything, many of the people who supported him in the past, are now against his dictatorship. He tries to take over everything, so that we may control, in all areas. It happened as time has gone by removing more and more things that were already used to, when we lived in a democracy, now lacking its dictatorship, but is hidden behind a mask and never assume what is happening in the country.