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    Chavez celebrates 20th anniversary of coup attempt

    By JORGE RUEDA | Associated Press – Sat, Feb 4, 2012

    CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez celebrated the 20th anniversary of the failed coup attempt that launched his political career on Saturday, presiding over a military parade while fighter jets and helicopters roared overhead.

    Chavez was flanked by allies including Cuban President Raul Castro and Bolivian President Evo Morales while his military showed off some of its newest and most sophisticated weapons, including Russian-made anti-aircraft missiles mounted on trucks.

    Chavez also used the occasion to reiterate to Venezuelans that the military is firmly behind him as he runs for re-election in October.

    "From now on we will have generals, admirals, officers and troops (who are) revolutionaries, anti-imperialists, socialists and Chavistas, so that it hurts the bourgeoisie and imperialism all the more," the president said at the televised parade. "The armed force is Chavista."

    Chavez's adversaries have condemned the increasingly politicized military leadership as the president has recently promoted outspoken loyalists to top posts. Chavez, who survived a 2002 coup that briefly ousted him, has since sought to ensure the military is solidly behind him.

    Presidents Daniel Ortega of Nicaragua and Michel Martelly of Haiti also accompanied Chavez at the parade in the military base Fort Tiuna in Caracas. They planned to attend a weekend summit of the eight-nation Bolivarian Alliance bloc, or ALBA, which Chavez has promoted.

    Chavez was an army paratroop commander when he led the failed attempt to topple the government of President Carlos Andres Perez on Feb. 4, 1992. Chavez was jailed and later pardoned.

    The government has held celebrations on the date since Chavez took office in 1999. Opponents have criticized the festivities while noting that dozens were killed in the coup attempt.

    "How can a failed coup that was unjustified, violent and bloody ... be celebrated?" asked Carlos Vecchio, an opposition politician.

    Chavez said the military coup attempt of 1992 was a rebellion against political leaders who were "subordinated to U.S. imperialism."

    He said the sort of generals who were in charge two decades ago "will never again exist in Venezuela."

     

    18 comments

    • P-47 THUNDERBOLT
      P-47 THUNDERBOLT  •  3 mths ago
      The REAL celebration starts we he finally croaks.
      • ken
        ken 3 mths ago
        Amen to that!!!!
    • elbarto
      elbarto  •  3 mths ago
      Comemierda comunista!
    • Horacio
      Horacio  •  3 mths ago
      America boycot Citgo,Petroexpress,7-11,Valero,Marathon gasoline.Chavez the Donkey communist antiamerican own this gasolines.An EYE FOR a EYE.YOU HATE AMERICA THEN NO ONE DOLLAR FOR Chavez Mother F. S.BAG
    • joseph
      joseph  •  Chicago, Illinois  •  3 mths ago
      Its interesting to read that Chavez of Venezuela has an air force with fighter jets. So where does he get them from? When Mexico attempted to buy modern fighter jets from the USA to replace their ageing fleet, they were told they didn’t need them because Mexico has no enemies (Arpaio doesn’t count). So Mexico considered buying from Russia. On the other hand France, the U.S. and Sweden were competing for a fat contract from Brazil for fighter jets, before Brazil starts its own fighter jet manufacturing enterprise. And lo and behold there is a story that relates Chavez of Venezuela is buying his jets from Brazil. Mexico may not need jets because of the Monroe Doctrine which fits Mexico under the USAs protective umbrella, but Venezuela is not our friend. How ironic we vowed to protect Chavez from foreign attack but he wouldn’t mind if we got struck by a giant asteroid.
    • Jorge
      Jorge  •  3 mths ago
      He said during Saturday's parade that the military is now made up of commanders and troops who are "socialists and Chavistas."

      Yeah because he either kill or jail everyone else , not to mention the innocent that die in the rebellion, never mind that Chavez ...right?
      • Stony
        Stony 3 mths ago
        And Obama and Hillary are busy with the UN worrying about a dictator on the other side of the world.
    • a veteran
      a veteran  •  3 mths ago
      Sounds like another El Presidenti for life
      • Laszlo
        Laszlo 3 mths ago
        Hopefully short life...............
      • Freedom is the only way
        Freedom is the only way 3 mths ago
        Short people got NObody! Short people got NObody!
      • Freedom is the only way
        Freedom is the only way 3 mths ago
        Check out Chavez's daughter flashing the, hard-to-get American dollars on youtube. Even the family is locoooooooooo!
    • IUSTIN
      IUSTIN  •  Bacau, Romania  •  3 mths ago
      The great hero of the leftist international media: an insane marxist dictator.
    • ken
      ken  •  3 mths ago
      What a STUPID, WORTHLESS, NITWIT!!!!
    • skrualla
      skrualla  •  3 mths ago
      I also hope Chavez has celebrated his last birthday on this planet.
    • John
      John  •  3 mths ago
      If only we had a drone with his name on it!
      • Freedom is the only way
        Freedom is the only way 3 mths ago
        Chavez is a drone. He will do himself in sooner or later! I think his days are numbered.
    • Dave
      Dave  •  3 mths ago
      One of Prince Barrys very close friends.
    • Stony
      Stony  •  3 mths ago
      Just another South American dictator. His cancer must be getting worse.
    • Benjamin
      Benjamin  •  3 mths ago
      Sounds like a good time to try again. Take him out!
    • freedom
      freedom  •  3 mths ago
      Caracas has the highest murder rate in the world by city per capita, chains you can believe in! I love it. Cities here run by socialists like New Orleans, Detriot, Richmond, ATlanta, St Louis, Gary, Washington D.C., Houston, Miami, Newark, all have Democratic Mayors, all with social programs, and guess what: after decades of these policies income disparity is higher than ever, crime is very high, education and school quality is down, tax rates are are higher than since the 70's, single parent household is up, and all these leaders can do is blame religious conservatives who live hundreds of miles away in the boonies. I love that argument to get elected: if you elect a Republican you will be hanging by a tree by some policy that existed 50 years ago and was actually utilized by Democrats during that era. Who freed the slaves: a Republican President( LIncoln). What higher percentage of what party voted to pass the civil rights bill (83-69 in senate 81-62 in house)? Republicans! First party to elect blacks to COngress after Civil War (12 in 1866 all in the south)? Republicans. What party uses racial scare tactics to make money every four years? Democrats! Whose father voted against the civil rights bill? Al Gore. I love the racial and communist scare tactics liberals use to get nothing done. Top ten states for percentage of income to charity? Red states ( Maryland only blue state). Top ten states for economic growth? Red and Purple states(not one blue state, Iowa, Texas, Oklahoma, North Dakota, Utah, Nebraska, just to name half) I am not telling people to vote Republican in 2012, because they have screwed things up too, but I can tell you this: Democrats who run the show are wealthier, more racist, more sexist, more selfish, and more immoral in one state(Illinois, trust me I live there) than all Red states combined. FInd another party to back because the blue one is made up of cry babies and wealthy guilty elites who do nothing more than put your money where their mouth is!
    • Laszlo
      Laszlo  •  3 mths ago
      Venezuela, and the world, would be better off, if the cockroach had been killed then......
    • JoeZ
      JoeZ  •  Los Angeles, California  •  3 mths ago
      what this ape son has to do is disappear, his cancer is fake, he won't ;
      let any body else be president, hi is like Noriega, he is a dictaror and as such USA must invade Venezuela and send this monkey back to the Congo where he belongs
    • Mangiate
      Mangiate  •  Cicero, Illinois  •  3 mths ago
      Obama sent him a nice card and a dozen Tacos.I thought this fat little Pig was dying.
    • Bender
      Bender  •  3 mths ago
      I'll be glad when he dies. him and castro. they both need to meet thier end at the tip of a .308 hollow point.
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