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What They Want Is Venezuela\'s Oil / Lo Que Quieren Es el Petróleo de Venezuela

9/27/2010

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Yesterday, I wrote about what I would do if I were Venezuelan. I explained that it is the poor people who suffer the most from natural catastrophes and I gave the reasons why. Later I added: “…where imperialism rules and the opportunistic oligarchy receive the greater portion of the national goods and services, the masses have nothing to gain or lose. The empire doesn’t give a damn about the elections…in the United States, even during presidential elections, less than 50 percent of registered voters turn out to vote.“

Today I would add that, even when they are voting for the entire House of Representatives, a part of the Senate and other important positions, voter turnout in the U.S. is no greater.

I asked, why then do they employ their enormous media resources to try to drown the Revolutionary Bolivarian Government of Venezuela in a sea of lies and slander? What they really want is Venezuela’s oil.

We’ve all seen during these elections, a group of bastards who, together with the mercenaries from the local print, radio and television press, have gone so far as to attempt to eliminate freedom of the press in Venezuela.

The enemy did achieve part of its objective: to stop the Bolivarian Government from obtaining a two-thirds majority in parliament.

Perhaps the empire believes it has achieved a great victory.

I believe the exact opposite: the September 26 election results represent a victory for the Bolivarian Revolution and its leader Hugo Chavez Frias.

During these parliamentary elections the participation of the electorate rose to a record 66.45 percent. The empire, with its vast resources, was unable to hold back the PSUV, which won 95 of the 165 seats, with 6 still undecided. The most important result is the increased number of young people, women and other proven militants who were elected.

Today, the Bolivarian Revolution has the Executive Power, a large majority in the parliament and a party capable of mobilizing millions of combatants in favour of socialism.

The United States only has the support of fragments of parties in Venezuela, united out of their fear of the revolution and out of material greed.

This time they could not resort to a coup d’êtat in Venezuela as they did with Allende in Chile and in other counties in Our America.

The armed forces of this fraternal country both promote and are a part of the Revolution. They are educated in the spirit and example of the Liberator, and it was their ranks that nurtured the current leaders who began this process.

Such a union of forces is invincible; a fact that becomes much clearer with half a century of experience.

Fidel Castro Ruz
September 27, 2010
3:24 a.m.
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Lo Que Quieren Es el Petróleo de Venezuela

Ayer dije lo que haría si yo fuera venezolano, expliqué que los pobres eran los que más sufrían con las catástrofes naturales y razoné por qué. Más adelante añadí: “…donde el imperialismo domina y la oligarquía oportunista recibe una parte jugosa de los bienes y servicios nacionales, las masas no tienen nada que ganar o perder y, al imperio, no le preocupa un bledo las elecciones” y que “En Estados Unidos, ni siquiera las elecciones presidenciales movilizan más del 50% de los que tienen derecho a votar.”

Hoy añadiría que, aún cuando en las mismas se elige la totalidad de la Cámara de Representantes, una parte del Senado y otros importantes cargos, no logran superar esa proporción.

Preguntaba por qué, en cambio, emplean sus enormes recursos mediáticos para tratar de hundir al Gobierno Revolucionario Bolivariano en un mar de mentiras y calumnias. Lo que los yankis quieren es el petróleo de Venezuela.

Todos hemos visto en estos días electorales a un grupo de bastardos personajes que, en compañía de mercenarios de la prensa local escrita, radial y televisiva, llegan a negar incluso la libertad de prensa en Venezuela.

El enemigo logró una parte de sus propósitos: impedir que el Gobierno Bolivariano contara con el apoyo de las dos terceras partes del Parlamento.

El imperio tal vez crea que obtuvo una gran victoria.

Pienso exactamente lo contrario: los resultados del 26 de septiembre constituyen una victoria de la Revolución Bolivariana y su líder Hugo Chávez Frías.

En estas elecciones parlamentarias la participación de los electores se elevó al record de 66,45 por ciento. El imperio con sus inmensos recursos no pudo impedir que el P.S.U.V., faltando 6 por adjudicar, obtuviera 95 de los 165 miembros del Parlamento. Lo más importante es el ingreso en esa institución de un elevado número de jóvenes, mujeres y otros militantes combativos y probados.

La Revolución Bolivariana tiene hoy el Poder Ejecutivo, amplia mayoría en el Parlamento y un partido capaz de movilizar a millones de luchadores por el socialismo.

Estados Unidos no cuenta en Venezuela más que con fragmentos de Partidos, hilvanados por el miedo a la Revolución, y groseras apetencias materiales.

No podrán acudir al golpe de Estado en Venezuela como hicieron con Allende en Chile y otros países de Nuestra América.

Las Fuerzas Armadas de ese hermano país, educadas en el espíritu y el ejemplo del Libertador, que en su seno incubó los jefes que iniciaron el proceso, son promotoras y parte de la Revolución.

Tal conjunto de fuerzas es invencible. No lo vería con tanta claridad sin la experiencia vivida durante más de medio siglo.  
      
Fidel Castro Ruz
Septiembre 27 de 2010
3 y 24 a.m.
1 Comment
H. Allan Pump
10/12/2010 04:27:29 pm

Corporations now totally control elections in the EEUU. Any candidate has to have hundreds of millions of dollars to compete in our election carnival and these canidates must get the money for every election they have to fight. There can be no significant third party (non-capitalist) campaign without capitalist money.

With the recent ruling that allow capitalist to buy elections there can no longer be a "government for the people or by the people". The government --buy-- the people has been bought lock, stock and barrel by big money.

Third party candidates can not and will not even get TV air time which used to be a guaranteed right.

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