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Chavez on Hunger

I have to say, I'm not a huge Chavista. I'm *very* pleased with the social change and equality that he's brought to Venezuela, but I've just got a thing about any model of politics that is ultimately hostage to the good intentions of just one guy. But he's come out with the goods on the world food crisis, calling it 'a massacre of the poor'. He's dead right, of course. What gets to me is that even in a good year, 850 million people were going hungry, thousands of whom died. Was that not a massacre too?

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Posted on 23 April, 2008 - 06:35

Of course it is...

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on 23 April, 2008 - 19:39.

Of course "850 million people going hungry, thousands of whom died." is a massacre, but who's really talking about it and who really takes the time to fight this issue ACTIVELY. In fact, most people support this type of injustice with their complacency and "as long as its not me" attitude. Just like Katrina...wasn't that a tragedy? Who's even talking about it now, not to even mention taking action.

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