The War on Democracy Page #4

his ministers, the governors, the policies,

It's even obscene in some ways,

It seems to me

that everything, including the weather,

is being blamed on Mr. Chavez,

Nobody blames Mr. Chavez for the weather

because it's the only thing left which still works,

OK?, All the other things fell apart entirely,

We're talking here 1 91 4,

Bolshevik revolution, Russia -

this is what's taking place here,

- If you go out,,,

- Eh,,, Eh,,,

Wait a minute,

Look., we're sitting here in your

wonderful apartment,,,

- Thank you very much,

-,.overlooking Caracas,,,

In Venezuela they say "es su casa",

this is your home,

,,and you're comparing this

with the Bolshevik revolution -

there are no revolutionaries

banging on your door

and none of your companies

have been invaded,

Your good life hasn't really changed,

It hasn't changed, has it?

Yeah, but as I said before

it is now on a wait and see position,

If I had come today on a two-year contract,

as I did in 1 976,

I would fulfill my contract,

pack my luggage and go,

because I don't see any more future,

His critics accuse Chavez

of building another Cuba

of being another Castro

And although he recently announced temporary

presidential powers that bypass parliament

he maintains that his aim

is solely too speed up reform

The irony is that, unlike Cuba

capitalism has never had it better here

At the Caracas motor show

Ferraris and other luxury cars are sold

Smart restaurants and private golf courses

and weekends in Miami are booming

What this class has lost is political power

over a huge oil economy

I think Venezuela,

because it is an oil economy,

its middle and upper classes are very much,,,

biased towards the US

and the American way of life,

In a way, they think they are cosmopolitan,

They don't feel that they are from this country

or that country, they belong to the world,

They belong to this

kind of privileged people of the world,

- Miami?

- Miami, New York, Paris,

We adore Miami,

Miami is our second home,

We discovered Miami, because Miami

formerly was, you know, it was a village,

And we were so rich, you know,

we went to Miami and we bought houses,

apartments, bungalows, boats, cars -

everything we got in Miami,

We were the owners of Miami,

And so we are very US-minded,

In the old Venezuela the United States

played the part of a mafia godfather

The deal was simple -

for supplying endless cheap oil the

Venezuelan rich kept a large slice of the profits

The election of Hugo Chavez

ended the deal

Obviously Venezuela is important

because they're

the third-largest supplier of petroleum.

I would say that Mr. Chavez,

and the State Department may say this,

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