A different way to look at the Venezuelan Referendum.

[Klatoo]

While I too was depressed after the results of the Referendum,what Chavez said in his concession speech made a great deal of sense.

To recap, he said that "Venezuelan Democracy is maturing fast and he wants to accept the verdict delivered by the people".

Both the words and the sentiment behind the words are those of a man who is confident of his place in the hearts of the people of Venezuela.

To think of it any other way than a victory for the people of Venezuela would be to think that the movement that Chavez has created in the past six years is a one man movement.That would be the vision of a dictator which Chavez is anything but.

Chavez's Movement which he calls Bolivarian Socialism is now deeply rooted for any single individual or a foreign country like the US to undermine.Its strength comes from the previously disenfranchised blacks, mulattoes, mestizos and Indians who were kept away from sharing Venezuela's ample resources by the entrenched white oligarchy of that country.As usual, you find the US on the side of the aristocrats and paying lip service to Democracy while its actions belie that word in every way.

Chavez still has five years in his last term.By the end of that term, Venezuela's dispossessed will have gained sufficient strength from the iinstitutions and processes that Chavez has put in place that any attempts by the US and its lackeys in Venezuela would be risking a major loss if they try to go back to their congenital CIA inspired schemes.

[bribri16]

This same scenario of white EUpeans, including migrating EU, Balkan, and Slavic Jews, invading and taking over the land and other natural resources of black, brown, yellow, and red peoples and then establishing their own elitist economic systems desiged to ensure that the indigenous and occupied peoples are kept poor and ignorant is reaping the whirlwind for the arrogant and the evil.

[Klatoo]

The mistake Chavez and his supporters made was to throw too many issues into the pot confusing the electorate.When trivial issues that could be handled in a normal democratic process are combined with momentous issues like the Presidential terms, the electorate does not understand what is at stake.So, many people stayed away from the Referendum.Voter turnout was very poor especially in the rural areas which form the backbone of Chavez support.

Even so, the fact that Chavez gathered 49.3 percenet of the votes cast tells us how popular he really is because his opposition was able to mobilize the white aristocracy and Chavez didn't.

It aslo rankles me that none of our MSM dares to speak of this racial divide in Venezuela that is glaring to even a first time visitor.It is as though you are transported to the antebellum South and yet, the shills at NYT and WaPo dare not mention it by name.This is why they will continue to lose because they are unable to face the truth that the previously oppressed are now empowered by Chavez.

There will be no turning back for the Imperialists.They have to deal with a million Chavez's now.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

It's actually better that it not become a cult of personality or a movement that fades when its leader is no longer on the scene.