Newsmax January 31, 2007
Each day after dawn, hundreds of Venezuelans gather outside the Spanish Consulate in Caracas, hoping to get papers allowing them to flee the South American country for Spain.
Others form long lines at other consulates, equally fearful of the future of Venezuela under President Hugo Chavez. Two months after Chavez was re-elected to another six-year term, the National Assembly is entrusting him with wide-ranging powers that will allow him to dictate new laws for 18 months.
Among its major moves, the government has announced that it will nationalize telecommunications and electric utilities and other strategic industries, decline to renew the broadcast license of RCTV television – which officials allege supported a coup against Chavez in 2002 – and amend the constitution to remove presidential term limits, allowing Chavez to repeatedly seek re-election.
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I cannot say I blame them; Socialism is terrible! Unless of course, you are a non-productive individual that loves handouts and being poor despite your best effort.
Hugo Chavez is a living, breathing joke.