Venezuela’s Chavez Names Successor as He Leaves for Cuba

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, preparing to travel to Cuba for further cancer surgery, yesterday named Vice President Nicolas Maduro to carry out his legacy if he is unable to remain in office.
Chavez, who spoke in a national television and radio address, said he requires more surgery after malignant cells were detected in the same area as his previous cancer during health exams held over the past month in Cuba. The National Assembly today approved his request to be absent from the country for more than five days as he travels to the Caribbean island.

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Could this be a chance for Venezuela to shed the crippling course that country is on? And what do you think will be the outcome if Chavez dies, or is in some way unable to continue?

j-mac said:

Could this be a chance for Venezuela to shed the crippling course that country is on?

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'crippling' depends on which citizen you ask
the wealthy would likely agree with you
the poor, whose standard of living has improved substantially under chavez' regime, would likely not view his term as a crippling era

And what do you think will be the outcome if Chavez dies, or is in some way unable to continue?

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complete power vacuum
ideal opportunity for a world power to come in and prop up someone who will be obligated to pursue that assisting country's ideology

I think it depends on how loyal the government, to include military is the Chavez's concept of a future vs those capable of bribing them to dance to a new tune. With President Obama in office there is a good chance Venezuela can be brought back closer to the USofA.

I don't think either nation needs close ties to do business, we are the largest customer for oil they have. Some major infrastructure corporations would like to climb in but I have a funny feeling they have already spun up an offshore subsidiarity to capture market share down there, just need the conditions to shift a bit so bribes can sew the market up.

I'm sure his predecessor is like in his ideology.

Rapunzel52 said:

I'm sure his predecessor is like in his ideology.

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successor??

chavez attained office because of his ruthlessness and charisma
will his successor have those same 'attributes'

colombia would certainly like to see someone more conventional

I doubt Chavez would appoint a successor who wasn't a clone of his own political agenda. Not likely there will be much change, if any, but we'll see.

DiAnna said:

I doubt Chavez would appoint a successor who wasn't a clone of his own political agenda. Not likely there will be much change, if any, but we'll see.

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but would his 'clone' have his own power base
there was no one in the wings to replace saddam; he would not have permitted such a person to survive

DiAnna said:

I doubt Chavez would appoint a successor who wasn't a clone of his own political agenda. Not likely there will be much change, if any, but we'll see.

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He might do away with that God awful Variety TV show and public humiliation of his staff.

"Crippling course?" Could you possibly be misinformed? If anything happens to Chavez, I believe the CIA will initiate instability in Venezuela to try to get Venezeula's oil back into the hands of the Centralized Distribution of OIL network. Chavez is the best thing that ever happened to Venezuela. Why do you think he has been elected 7 times. Don't tell me you're one of those morons that believes what the "Media" lies about hime, are you? You've got to be smarter than that. Or not?

This is the second time in my life I have been glad to hear somebody was dying from cancer. The first time was the ******* that poisoned the best friend and best bird dog I ever had, may he burn in HELL!

DaveFagan said:

"Crippling course?" Could you possibly be misinformed? If anything happens to Chavez, I believe the CIA will initiate instability in Venezuela to try to get Venezeula's oil back into the hands of the Centralized Distribution of OIL network. Chavez is the best thing that ever happened to Venezuela. Why do you think he has been elected 7 times. Don't tell me you're one of those morons that believes what the "Media" lies about hime, are you? You've got to be smarter than that. Or not?

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If he's that good, maybe we can get someone like that elected here...Oh wait....

j-mac said:

Could this be a chance for Venezuela to shed the crippling course that country is on? And what do you think will be the outcome if Chavez dies, or is in some way unable to continue?

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It would be great if things could change...do I think they will...I dont think so..he hand picked his successor and the venezuelan people never impressed me as being near ready or mad enough to take their country back...lets hope that changes

j-mac said:

Could this be a chance for Venezuela to shed the crippling course that country is on? And what do you think will be the outcome if Chavez dies, or is in some way unable to continue?

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They have had a chance to remove him for eight years (via elections and the option of a recall referendum) and choose not to.

Chavez has virtually destroyed this country....

There is no exaggerating the extent of Venezuela’s decline and fall. The wealthiest country per capita in Latin America is sinking deeper and deeper into what must inevitably be bankruptcy, as everything fiscal goes wrong. The result will be equally bad for Hugo Chavez, first elected president in 1999 and now in 2010 a full-fledged autocrat.

Not a single sector is prospering. On the contrary, agriculture, business and industry are all in dire straits. The country’s dominant industry, petroleum, suffers at every level from mismanagement, financial milking by the government and corruption. Capricious, wasteful spending by Chavez, at home and abroad, has left the country’s finances in severely critical condition and crippled effective financing of the private sector.

Hugo Chavez is Destroying Venezuela's Economy | Conservative News, Views & Books

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j-mac said:

Chavez has virtually destroyed this country....

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Venezuela's Agrarian Land Reform: More like Lincoln than Lenin

Venezuela's Agrarian Land Reform: More like Lincoln than Lenin | venezuelanalysis.com

"The Right Throws a Fit
The prospect of Chavez’s “revolutionary” government supporting hundreds of thousands of machete-wielding campesinos as they shout “fuera los ingleses” (out with the English) has provoked a spate of somewhat hysterical editorials by conservative Caracas and U.S. commentators. Frequently, much of what is written in the U.S. press on the subject is simply inaccurate or egregious hyperbole, which eventually gets passed off as gospel. For example, though the New York Times got it right, the Christian Science Monitor wrote in an editorial that “The plan supposedly applies to both private and governmental agricultural holdings, but so far only private lands are being targeted.” While that statement is demonstrably false, the Washington Post – ominously reminding its readers that Chavez is a “disciple of Castro” – noted that the “assault on private property is merely the latest step in what has been a rapidly escalating ‘revolution’ by Venezuela's president that is undermining the foundations of democracy and free enterprise.” Carlos Ball of the CATO Institute flatly declares in his piece, “Chavez’s Land Grab,” that in the Bolivarian Republic, “Private property is history.” Although, as of today, no privately owned land has been redistributed to the landless poor by the government, the rightwing and its media lapdogs seem mighty nervous over any possible change in the status quo of Venezuela’s landed elite. But before dismissing Chavez as another Castro, it would behoove one to analyze the Venezuelan land barons and the history of agriculture in the country since the oil boom began in order to determine just how radical the president’s land reform plan really is. "



Some people choose to educate themselves and others embrace ignorance like a badge of honor. Eh?

Venezuela isn't important to anyone in the United States. Why would it be, it's just another inconsequential country with a loudmouth for a president. If you ask any American college graduate, he couldn't even pick out Venezuela on a map, tell you the capitol, the religion or the system of government.

Chavez and Venezuela are kept in the media in the United States so that the elitist liberal types can have a touchstone to worship socialism without actually having to participate in the death and destruction.

Chavez Cancer "Not Good" Returns to Cuba for Treatment

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has returned to Cuba for treatment after admitting a relapse of his cancer and designating Vice President Nicolas Maduro as his heir apparent in case "something happened" to him.
Chavez returned to Cuba on Monday, where he was greeted at the airport by the president, Raul Castro.

Speaking on national television late on Saturday, an emotional Chavez had announced a return of cancer cells had been during his last visit to Cuba for medical examination, and he would be returning to the island for a fourth round of surgery.

"During this thorough examination, they again detected some malignant cells in the same area as before," Chavez said.

He did not offer details, but his cancer was first detected in the pelvic area. Neither the Venezuelan leader, nor his Cuban doctors have ever disclosed what kind of cancer that was.

Chavez admitted he was suffering "somewhat strong" pain and was taking tranquilizers as part of preparation for his upcoming surgery.

Chavez also said that in the event of him becoming incapacitated, Maduro would step in and assume control of the government for the rest of the 2013-2019 term, as required by the constitution.

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Read more and video @: Chavez arrives in Cuba for cancer surgery - Americas - Al Jazeera English

Apparently after Chavez thought he was well he has felt pain and detected more malignant cells in the same area as before. He has announced his successive if something were to happen to him. I hope everything goes well with the next treatment for Chavez and Venezuela keeps on the path they are heading.

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Apparently after Chavez thought he was well he has felt pain and detected more malignant cells in the same area as before. He has announced his successive if something were to happen to him. I hope everything goes well with the next treatment for Chavez and Venezuela keeps on the path they are heading.

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I'm 100% in agreement on this matter. Chavez is the best thing to have happened to Venezuela in the last 200 years. Of course, the CIA hates him, so Anything Time Warner and Associated Press and 400 other CIA assetts will generate bad press about him. Funny how the CIA and Citizens of the USA can have such completely divergent agendas,

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Ray410 said:

Venezuela isn't important to anyone in the United States. Why would it be, it's just another inconsequential country with a loudmouth for a president. If you ask any American college graduate, he couldn't even pick out Venezuela on a map, tell you the capitol, the religion or the system of government.

Chavez and Venezuela are kept in the media in the United States so that the elitist liberal types can have a touchstone to worship socialism without actually having to participate in the death and destruction.

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So much for having faith in the people, I never graduated college and I could tell you all of that, it is like basic geography. I am a blue collar worker, and plenty of the people I work with are informed enough to know that, maybe it is because lots of us listen to NPR.... Venezuela is also far more important to the commercial and social interests of the united states than you estimate.

And your hate for liberals is amusing at, a tragic ignorance of reality though.