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racumin comments on BLACK MARKET MONEY EXCHANGE?...US $--->VENEZUELA $

Like I said, Bill O'Reilly. What do you even mean by that?

racumin comments on BLACK MARKET MONEY EXCHANGE?...US $--->VENEZUELA $

tomtom. That proves my point. Most people are completely ignorant of the truth. They believe anything they're told. I'd say about 80-90% of the media is owned by private companies, all of which are corrupt and have no ethical standard. We even have cable, which has CNN and crap like that. I have seen things in person. I've gone to the marches, the protests, the speeches, by both opposition and government/chavistas. I always made it a point to go watch the news coverage afterwards and read the papers. The opposition channels and especially foreign channels always lie, distorted the truth, or make critical omissions . I witnessed it many times. You can't say I'm wrong because I saw it. So, tomtom, how do you explain those discrepancies? Are you just more aware than I am? Somehow, you have the raw mental processing ability to decipher the truth from where ever you are, while I can't even tell if what I see with my own two eyes is real? It's like arguing with a creationist. You find your gaps and when they get filled, you look for more gaps. Not a very intelligent way to look at the world. Take the hostages getting freed. People are already searching for the gaps. They're accusing, without any hard evidence or even circumstantial evidence. They're just looking for the fuck of it. You know what happens when someone does that in academia? They are completely discredited and made a laughing-stock. Guess what, Chavez is getting shit done, unlike that evil murdering Uribe or his boss in the white house. I can find gaps too. check it out. How come in the 90's, after a peace negotiation was signed and the guerrillas were giving up there weapons to join a "legitimate" political party, 3000 members of that political party were murdered? That's not what I call progress. How come when Chavez arranged the release of the videos of the hostages, the messenger was arrested and the videos not mentioned until Chavez had to denounce the Colombian government of trying to sabotage the peace efforts? How come now that the guerrillas made this peaceful gesture of releasing hostages, the Colombian military started operations in guerrilla territory? It doesn't sound like the Colombian government is looking for peace. It doesn't look like the U.S. wants it either. The U.S. isn't showing any interest beyond encouraging violence. Do you even know the history of the guerrilla movement in Colombia? It seems like the anti-Chavista, pro-American logic has much more gaps. What does it mean that he portrays himself as a Nutball? Is that a verifiable fact? It sounds more like a Bill O'Reilly tactic. Name calling really proves something. If you don't live in Venezuela, you haven't heard him speak. They simply won't ever broadcast a whole speech or even a significant part of one for many reasons. All you hear are sound clips and if you don't know Spanish, bad translations of those clips. So, what is you basis for saying this? Are you telling me that you know because some one told you or you saw it on the news? Chavez is a very intelligent and eloquent speaker. He explains his ideas to very minute detail. I haven't heard him say anything that would make me believe he's a Nutball, or was that Nutjob? Sorry, I'm not good with that scientific jargon.

racumin comments on BLACK MARKET MONEY EXCHANGE?...US $--->VENEZUELA $

So when other countries change their currency, it's ok, but not us if you really were here you'd know that there are tons more jobs. All the petrol money that was once stolen, is being invested in industries that were non-existent. You're completely bullshitting. If you knew the history and, well, anything, you'd know that before, there was no other industries and everything had to be imported. Not a good way to go. It's a setup for disaster. You really don't know anything. You probably regurgitate everything you hear. The suppliers of food are the ones making the problems. They hold products to artificially raise the prices. In any country that is illegal. I've been to Cuba too. I have family there as well. People there are very happy with their system. The problems have more to do with an inhumane embargo. Most people agree that not allowing medicine to enter a country is unethical, no matter what the reasons. The U.S. shouldn't have the sole authority to bully a smaller country to do what they want them to do. If anything, it's up to the international community to make those decisions. I believe in a 6 hour working day. You don't understand a socialism? Russia? That is a very uneducated comment. There is much writing on the collapse of Russia and I suggest you read it if you're going to comment. Besides, Every experience of the USSR was different. Azerbaijan, Byelorussian, Estonian, Georgian,Lithuanian, Ukrainian, etc. Some better, some worse. Not only that, you can't judge a system by one example. There were so many different forces at play there. You really don't know. Are you against learning? You really believe Hugo is un-educated? He's probably more well-read than the whole whitehouse staff. Have you listened to him speak? He doesn't use speach writers, like your capitalist idols. Why is the intellectual community behind him? Do you read much? There is nothing wrong with historical inquiry. Even the most conservative historian will tell you that most of history is bullshit. But you'd rather hold on to accepted belief, right? Just like people who thought the earth was flat, creationists, etc. Do you even know anything about Bolivar? (I bet you'll google it know so you can reply). I've taken many good hard looks at this country and it's much better off than most in the world. The quality of life is much much better. Yo're just to blind to see it. You listen to stupid horror stories of, I don't know what. The wealthy telling you that they had to follow a fair system that didn't oppress those dirty poor people. Oh no! My point was that people who are not Venezuelan, should not interfere. It's not your place to judge or take advantage of black market exchange. It simply isn't your place. The Venezuelan people have the right to govern themselves how they see fit. Democracy here is much healthier than, say the U.S. Higher voter turnout, no fraud. Do I need to remind you of the all the fraud that goes on in the States. Do you really believe that a bunch of rich elites represent what the U.S. people want? George Bush? Florida? Everyone knows the Dems and Republicans are the same shit. Clinton did the same crap Bush is doing, only he was sneakier. Stop blaming others? So when rich fucks from other countries interefere with Latin America, were supposed to ignore it. So Kirchner, Correa, Lula, Morales, Marquez, Benedetti, Chomsky, Galeano, Weatherford, (and the list goes on and on) are all wrong to denounce international crimes. We should allow things imposed on us like, banana republics, school of the Americas, Noriega, Pinochet, Fujimori, Iran-Contra affair. CIA interference, assaination, Coca-cola killing union leaders, the HUNDREDS of military invasions/interventions by the U.S., the funding of paramilitaries,(and this list goes on and on too). So the U.S. is a great place? Where people are losing all of their rights, police brutality is everywhere, you can be sent to Gitmo with no habeas corpus. You're spied on. Or Colombia where you can't say anything against the government or else you end up disappeared (many people I know, including family has been witness or victims of this). You really are aware of reality. Please don't come to Venezuela. In fact, it would be nice if you ent back to the States. I know how much you folks hate immigration, maybe you should lead as an example. You're only a detriment to my birth country.

racumin comments on BLACK MARKET MONEY EXCHANGE?...US $--->VENEZUELA $

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racumin comments on BLACK MARKET MONEY EXCHANGE?...US $--->VENEZUELA $

You can thank the Governor. The Venezuelan equivalent of George Bush. Everyone here knows he's done plenty to undermine the government, including corrupting the police in Zulia. You should spend some time following all the ridiculous things he does and says. He's done a lot to trash Zulia. If you think this country has no economic power without Unlce Sam, then you just don't know much about Venezuela. I mean what are your sources of information? Even international media has admitted that the economy here has risen substantially. There is plenty of investment here. China is a big one. The most notable work has been the integration of South American countries. Heard of Banco del Sur? That's Chavez. Before, there wasn't even a physical connection between countries here. That's slowly changing. This continent is one of the richest in resources, to the point where it could be self-sufficient. All we need is to get all these greedy foreign companies from stealing it all. You haven't done your homework. The rich did not take their "resources." They took their stolen money. Instead of listening to what your friend tells you and what the media tells you, maybe you should spend some time living here. By that, I don't mean in a middle class gated community or your comfortable hotel, away from all the realities. IT's easy to see what you want to see, when you don't try to look at both sides. One of the things that surprised me the most about Venezuelans (opposition) is they'll believe anything as long as it's convenient. They say the stupidest things I've ever heard. Not only that, but they are constantly caught contradicting themselves. I have been following both sides very closely and have talked to people all over Venezuela. The realities are very obvious. You don't have to be an economist or political science Phd to see. There's even tons of documents that prove so much of what I'm saying. The freaking wealthy people themselves will tell you these things. Ignorance is frustrating

racumin comments on BLACK MARKET MONEY EXCHANGE?...US $--->VENEZUELA $

Well, you told me. I've been living in Venezuela for a while and I've seen the reality of this place. There is already money coming in from the states to destabilize the country and all the rich trying to sabotage everything they can. I've seen it. The media lies like crazy. The last thing we need is another jerk trying to make a quick buck off us. That's the story of Latin America. Everyone trying to make a quick buck off us, then leaving the Latin American to deal with all the problems. Take it easy on the Kool Aid? That's the shitty American and European attitude that we hate. Condescending and dismissive. Just because a country chooses to follow a different path, doesn't make it wrong. The majority of people here are Chavista. There have been numerous elections to prove that. The failure of the referendum proves the legitimacy of the electoral process. It just makes me so mad that every time a Latin American country fights to regain control over itself and break the history of oppression, Americans and Europeans attack them and say they are not legitimate. Like we need your approval.

racumin comments on robi666

i noticed you mention not having figured out how to take advantage of the bolivar dollar exchange. I'm a little offended. This is a socialist country, not a capitalist shit hole. Whether you're for it or against it, it doesn't matter. It's not your place to make money by hurting another countries economy. I can understand someone with not much money exchanging on the black market, but to take it further and try to find a scheme is disgusting. I'm from Colombia so I know how shitty it is there. Why would you want to bring that here? Venezuela will help Colombia in the long run. Or would you rather be under the U.S thumb forever? I live in the U.S. All Colombia is to the U.S is military base with cocaine. They don't want anything good for the country.

racumin comments on critter

i noticed you mention not having figured out how to take advantage of the bolivar dollar exchange. I'm a little offended. This is a socialist country, not a capitalist shit hole. Whether you're for it or against it, it doesn't matter. It's not your place to make money by hurting another countries economy. I can understand someone with not much money exchanging on the black market, but to take it further and try to find a scheme is disgusting. Please stay away from here. You're not wanted.

racumin comments on BLACK MARKET MONEY EXCHANGE?...US $--->VENEZUELA $

I can understand the desire to exchange you're money on the black market to make your money last a little longer, but to try to cheat the system and make money off it is disgusting, especially when foreigners do it. You're taking money out of the country and hurting the economy. I hope anyone that tries it gets caught. They've already stepped up control of this. It's getting more and more dangerous to do stuff like this. What a bunch of jerks. Stay in your own countries and for Venezuelans doing it, you're traitors. A special comment for my people of Colombia. Venezuela is your brother country. You should want it too succeed and be strong, because they want to help you. Colombia is so fucked up because of greed and corruption. Please keep it on your side. Leave this side alone. We're trying to create something good.