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Originally Posted by The_Jazz
Ace, Chavez may be many things, but he's not a communist. If Lenin or Mao were alive today, they'd laugh at the idea. Acuse him of being a socialist, but you'll never make the argument that he's a communist.
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I am not sure where he is going but here is what he said:
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Swearing in his cabinet two days before his own inauguration, Mr Chavez explained that the new era would be backed by "five engines", which would:
* allow him to rule by decree for a year
* lead to socialist constitutional reforms
* reinforce popular education
* change the "geometry of power" or the way political, social, economic and military power is distributed across the territory
* lead to the "explosion of communal councils"
In the same address, Mr Chavez also announced he would nationalise key businesses, declared himself a Trotskyist and cited the ideas of Marx and Lenin.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6246219.stm
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Asylum-seekers that claim communism is immanent are basically appealing to the Bush administration's dislike for Chavez.
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I should not be surprised by how quickly every problem or potential problem in the world has something to do with Bush. So when Hilary Rodham Clinton is president asylum-seekers won't claim communism as a reason? Is this what you imply?