So Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro responded last week by hosting a new radio program, called “The Hour of Salsa,” in which he insulted the political opposition—then spun tunes and danced around the studio with his wife.
Wonder if Owen Jones has noted yet that Venezuelans would prefer the other sort of salsa? Or even enough vegetables to be able to make it?
Venezuela, where the leftist thought it was a good idea when the oil price is above $120 a barrel and Chavez can afford to be insane with his ‘policies’. Now that oil is struggling to break $50 a barrel, and they have no money for daily necessity.
Who’s Owen Jones compared to several million Venezuelians trying to find something to wipe their arses with?
in which he insulted the political opposition—then spun tunes and danced around the studio with his wife.
Idiocracy – more of a documentary than a blockbuster. And thanks to immigration, coming to Britain soon.
Can I write a comment on Venezuela without using the word “feckless”? I think I can. Remember these people were *voted*in*. Multiple times.
This is usual Maduro, mocking not only the opposition but also Venezuelan’s everyday problems… But that is not the surprising thing, the surprising thing is to find morons abroad praising the guy, such as Danny Glover, Sean Penn and Oliver Stone. And more recently, Jamie Foxx.
smfs,
They may have been voted in initially in free and fair elections, but I don’t think that can be said of the most recent elections, or the one before that, as a minimum.
I still hold out hope that they’ll will do a Ceaușescu on Maduro, but really it would take a pretty industrial scale cleansing to stamp out socialism in Venezuela. There’s still a large segment of the population that’s been brainwashed into blaming the ‘imperialists’ for their problems, and another very large segment that needs the corruption to maintain its grip. It’ll probably kick off into anarchy within six months to a year, and it’s not going to be pretty.
Owen is too busy bigging up Podemos as Europe’s last best hope.
Tim — your label ‘Flatulent Tosspottery’ could and perhaps should simply be replaced with ‘Life Today’. It would use fewer electrons and hence help reduce the National Debt.
A President with his own radio show? I assume all the lefties are denouncing this, as they did with Berlusconi’s media interests.
There’s still a large segment of the population that’s been brainwashed into blaming the ‘imperialists’ for their problems, and another very large segment that needs the corruption to maintain its grip.
“It couldn’t happen here”.
Replace ‘imperialists’ with ‘bankers’, and replace “very large segment” with “growing” and you have a fair description of here.
Could you imagine the howling if Berlusconi or Trump did this?
They believe in the political theory of one is one vote, once. After all after you’ve decided the fate of the country, why vote again, ever.
“They believe in the political theory of one is one vote, once. After all after you’ve decided the fate of the country, why vote again, ever.”
Chuckle.
Unless it’s Brexit, of course. But, as they always say, “that’s different”.