Why is the Bush Administration Afraid of Hugo Chavez? [VIDEO]

Posted by Adam Howard at 12:26 PM on July 9, 2007.

For years now, Hugo Chavez has been a major thorn in the Bush Administration's side. Why is he such a threat to their agenda?

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A special report by independent journalist Greg Palast in which he travels to Venezuela on special assignment from Link TV to get beyond the U.S. media image of President Hugo Chavez and to find out why the Bush administration is trying to oust him. The report offers a never-before-seen interview with Chavez, insight into Chavez’s relationship with the U.S. as well as Chavez’s plans for Venezuela, perspectives from opposition party members and raw footage from the slums of Caracas. The entire program can be viewed in its entirety on Link TV. Check out the video to your right for more.

Tagged as: venezuela, chavez, oil, bush administration, palast

Adam Howard is the editor of PEEK.

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Venezuela, Always a Promise for the Peon [Report this comment] Posted by: LeftCoastProgressive on Jul 9, 2007 12:46 PM Current rating: 2 [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] I was a really small tyke when my dad went to Venezuela in the 30's (that's 1930, gen X'ers). The entire lake Venezuela (misnamed since it's really a gulf off of the Caribbean Sea) lies over a incredible pool of oil. My dad worked for Standard Oil doing his best to pillage the oil for the US and pay a pittance to whichever Dictator was in power at the time. Talk about a cozy party-time arrangement my Dad and Mom had with El Jeffe Supremo. Then the revolution came. A lot of killings of the peons occurred but soon it was business as usual again. The only thing that forced us home to California was WW2. If anything has changed in Venezuela it must be for the good. The people of that beleagured nation have nowhere to go but up. But they will always have a Dictator's boot on their neck! [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] » RE: Venezuela, Always a Promise for the Peon Posted by: Brasilaaron GREG "the shill" palast is a total joke [Report this comment] Posted by: andrewstromotich on Jul 9, 2007 5:19 PM Current rating: 1 [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] c'mon greg, stop shillin for the machine... here's li'l greggie trying to disrupt the march on DC a couple years ago by engaging in an ad homenim (sp?) attack on one key note speaker right before the march posted by anthony 'i used to be a USIA agent' lappe this guy may be one of the most useless journalists (that's being generous) in america. why does alternet keep posting his dribble? [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] Well [Report this comment] Posted by: JoshuaLudd on Jul 10, 2007 8:36 AM Current rating: Not yet rated [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] Personally, I don't care for most of his policies, but at least he does care about trying to help his nation and not just the wealthy. [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] Whatever you may think of Castro and Chavez [Report this comment] Posted by: bettyn on Jul 10, 2007 9:10 AM Current rating: Not yet rated [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] at least the underclass is getting decent healthcare and better schools than ever before. When I was in Caracas, the slums and poverty were terrible....much the same as Havana in the '50's when my grandparents visited Havana. It was just horrific. Anyone who calls "W" the "DEVIL" has my support. [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] » RE: Whatever you may think of Castro and Chavez Posted by: ConnecttheDots RECOMMENDED READING: NOAM CHOMSKY [Report this comment] Posted by: Just Curious on Jul 12, 2007 6:57 AM Current rating: Not yet rated [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] I would advise anyone who wishes to understand why Hugo's Venezuela is under attack to read Noam Chomsky's various books - they will give you an interesting insight into how power in the West in general and the United States in particular is exercised. In particular, it is what the good professor called "The threat of a good example". By re-directing the resources of Venezuela to meet the needs of his own people rather than those of the United States and Western Europe he his committing a cardinal sin: the world's resources belong to the economic and political elites of the West, NOT to the indigenous people who actually live there; their prosperity is only an incident, not an end. [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] » good example Posted by: andrewstromotich

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