HAAAhAAA, oh my side hurts,

Travel Autopista Route 9 from Caracas to Puerto la Cruz and then ask yourself if you want Venezuela to finish the highway. There is a section of that Autopista that has been under construction for at least 12 years and it covers no more than 6 KM's. The rest of the "highway" is best traveled by 4 x 4.

Look at those fat little faces enjoying a free trip to Venezuela, begging for money from crazy Hugo. Don't they know that he has no money right now.

A bunch of well dressed beggars. They have no pride and they don't care. They are on vacation at our expense.

totally laughable funnier still is the idiot Hugo will tell them Si Si and produce nothing but a headline

Shame!

PLD dream: Hugo will build the highway, and we'll sell its operation to our friends

funny, it takes a twelve man delegation to do the same thing that any derelict can do by himself; beg for money! another vacation at the public's expense. then Leonel will remind us that it is the fault of those putrid Americans, with their sleazy policies, that we are broke!

Dreadlocks and i quote "that we are broke!" ?????????????????????????????????????????

arkatype, that proves it must be true!

Venez, with its relatively high standard of living can help!
S.

After the way they played the government of Venezuela with the pre-fabs donated in Bonao - not a chance!

What are the benefits of such a highway? Facilitate more illegal trafficking, more illegal urbanization, more maintenance budget, etc.! I still don't know why Venezuela got to be involve in this? Why? Did Chavez made a promise or the socialists have plans for this road?

I am sick of talking politics about DR.....

chill rest your little brain for awhile and have a nappy then wake up and go luck for a job

With OPEC refusing a production cut, Venezuela is having to reduce spending, so no free gifts for now ! Even the Russians want to know if they can afford those new toys (Sukhoi jet fighters) right now.

There is nothing in for HUGO in these two nations . No harm on trying thought, he might. be stupid enogh to help useless cause. Don't they believe on diplomatic protocol by going over it?.

Where are the two refineries he proposed in the ISLAND ? Unless it was call off since the DR politicians could not get their kickback as they do with BRAZIL over priced obsolite military planes.

In any case that stupid delegation sent to Venezuela on a free ride at DR tax payer expense, so they could have a nice vacation for themselves should had never happen. That embarasses the DR as well as their president..

All of my stances against the Venezuelan government and comments about how life is there now could not have been stated any better than in this video. Is this who you want helping the DR and do you think this help comes with no price?


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxUNCqZoqMA

very sad Tex

Wait until the prices of the gasoline goes up again then ask for help.

ts, unfortunately there are human rights violtions in nearly every country. US has a huge prison population, many imprisioned for acts which would not carry prison sentence in other countries.
Also people forced to go AWOL from the army.
http://www.amnestyusa.org/us-huma....reed-prisoners/page.do?id=1011333
I would guess that Venez is no worse and no better than many other countries.
You are four times less likely to be incarcerated in China than USA.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incarceration_in_the_United_States
S.

seriously, though, what is it with this country ,that half the island has to go on these little begging jaunts? Leo took what probably was a small village to the middle east, and now we have the 12 disciples going to beg for forty pieces of silver. is this a case of moral support?

Hey, man for some time Venez gave fuel for London buses , and of course has distributed cheap oil to the poor of USA.
So a road or two is a good idea.
S.

Hey, man for some time Venez gave fuel for London buses , and of course has distributed cheap oil to the poor of USA.
So a road or two is a good idea.
Perhaps the USA should ask on behalf of its 31 millon poor on food stamps.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081203/us_nm/us_foodstamps_usa
S.

A progressive political system that takes the power away from wealth creators and gives it to wealth distributors. Wealth distributors are typically a class of highly trained government bureaucrats who are being watched by a class of political commissars, who, in turn, are being watched by a class of secret police, all of whom are banded together by shared progressive morals. Because progressive morals are relative by definition, a certain measure of absolute propaganda is necessary to encourage collectivism and discourage counter revolution. Since such propaganda is delivered through mass media, arts, and schools, a degree of ideological monopoly, uniformity, and censorship is also required in those fields. The resulting mass enthusiasm creates a vibrant state-subsidized culture, leading to great economic successes and technological breakthroughs, e.g., in North Korea or,Venezuela

Apparently this is a very progressive approach as well-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yegesq84hn0&eurl

American propaganda is so different. For weeks on end news channles such as CNN, tell the public nothing of what is going on in the World. At the same time they screen endless adverts for gaz-guzzlers and useless consumer items. Everyone agrees they should buy a truck with a larger engine, MacMansions, giant refrigerators, drugs for restless leg syndorme or whatever.
The plutocrats in Washington quietly discuss foreign policy and whether to give preferential taxes to bow and arrow manufacturers. Also the they receive large sums and holiday jaunts from 'sponsors' special intrerest groups. These groups spend billions on adverts that if they do not contain pure lies and deception are hardly balanced.
Meanwhile millions of citizens are excluded and exist on food stamps.
S.

ABC, i reiterate; i love your literary style. you have a refreshing way of reporting dismal realities.

Nothing to clean up - BBC and ITN news are highly righly respected international news services World Wide. Also DWW. UK politicians do not discuss bow and arrow manufacturers at time of crisis. Lobbying and politicians expenses including their souces are tightly controlled.

British banking at its best-

http://articles.moneycentral.msn.....whos-the-worlds-worst-banker.aspx

But HSBC seems to be doing the right thing.
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,22828850-643,00.html
But without better regulations everyone in banking tells lies - credit rating agencies as well.
"Assets were It said that the assets inside both SIVs had an average credit rating of Aa1/AA+ and that there had been no downgrades of any asset-backed securities or structured finance securities to date. "
No other bank trading in the US has taken this type of asset onto balance sheet.
S.

dr thanks for comment I hope the style and content is good.
S.

ABC said-"US has a huge prison population, many imprisioned for acts which would not carry prison sentence in other countries." You are correct in SIngapore you do not go to prison for drugs -The penalty is death, adultry that leads to a crime of passion is also punnishable by death is all Islamic nations-No exception.

You are four times less likely to be incarcerated in China than USA.- China also executes for crimes that is the US or UK would garner time in Jail.

ABC said,--"But HSBC seems to be doing the right thing. "

"pulling the two SIVs on to its own balance sheet to stave off a forced liquidation of the assets. Due to underwriting of bad mortgages"

Do you even read the articles you quote-This British bank that you are praising is doing this to avoid going down the tubes for underwriting bad loans_ -----

Banco de Reservas
is DR's state owned retail bank.
It would have helped had the UK nationlised the banks earlier or at least established supervisory boards - I agree. Of course BOE is nationalised when the Fed is not.
S.

HSBC believes that when conditions change or if governments guarantee mortgages this action is the best in the circumstances.
Seems sensible to me.
S.

Also there might be an equalising credit swap among banks with limited trading.
S.

ts
I wrote:
'unfortunately there are human rights violations in nearly every country. ' Many campaign to abolish the death penalty. The type and range of violations vary from country to country. Extreme poverty and starvation are also a violation and occour in many countries. In this case most agree that China has done rather better than India and many African countries in reducing this.
S.

A newspaper article from a Caracas newspaper owned by Venezuelans

http://english.eluniversal.com/20....zuelan-journalis_04A2156329.shtml

Another about how a single focus economy in conjunction with the socialist desires of Chavez have dire results. He changed the currency this past Feburary to stem inflation;

http://english.eluniversal.com/20....bling-oil-prices_04A2156277.shtml

http://english.eluniversal.com/20....rnational-reserv_04A2156621.shtml

http://english.eluniversal.com/20....nt-fails-to-make_04A2156487.shtml

Yeah, I sort of miss the little nimrod.

yes that running dog capitalist stuff at least had a few laughs once in a while,,...the wanker is all BS