Adios Hugo

[ghost]

Whos next at bat in the great republic?

 

[ajoknoblauch]

Venezuelans will miss him, at every opportunity.

 

[camberiu]

Whos next at bat in the great republic?

Civil war is a possibility.

 

[French jurist]

Chavez is dead but Chavism will remain alive.

The first, or one of the first Presidents of native/indian blood in South America. Quite a symbol indeed.

He wanted to create an Union of Latin American countries against the "Northern Imperialism", and this will be his legacy too.

The fact he dies young makes him some kind of symbol/martyr (important in SA).

He also was part of the leftist school among the Military/Generals in South America (this "leftist school" influenced quite a lot the nowadays Chile's success discussed in another thread -talking about before Pinochet).

Chavism will be like Peronism: Great influence over the next decades

 

[ajoknoblauch]

Just another milico golpista, who should have spent the rest of his life in prison.

 

[French jurist]

Civil war is a possibility.

Indeed, it's a possibility.
Venezuela needs to be democratic.
Now some minority groups could attempt some kind of moves, with proper financing and support.

 

[camberiu]

Well, according to their Constitution, general elections need to be called. If the existing president does not, I think many groups will feel justified to resort to violence.

 

[Yogur griego]

He also was part of the leftist school among the Military/Generals in South America (this "leftist school" influenced quite a lot the nowadays Chile's success discussed in another thread -talking about before Pinochet).

Are you referring to Fidel's apprentice Allende?

 

[ajoknoblauch]

The legacy of Hugo: http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2013/01/28/130128fa_fact_anderson

 

[Joe]

Any chance the'll change the constitution back to what it was before?

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Photos from the Tower of David (see New Yorker article referenced in ajoknoblauch's post):

http://weburbanist.c...-squatter-town/