Chavez - UN!

lostexpectation

apparently in later press conference Chavez later expressed regret he'd never met chomskey before he died... idiot, he's still alive, easy mistake to make.

FYI

apparently that never happened

FYI

For lostexpectation (who's the idiot?):

Chavez's actual comments:

http://www.medialens.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=7192#7192

[I write to ask you to correct a glaring inaccuracy in today's Guardian Books section.

Rory Carroll in Caracas, in the article entitled "Chávez boosts Chomsky sales" ( http://books.guardian.co.uk/news/articles/0,,1880226,00.html ) states:

"Mr Chávez expressed delight at his marketing coup. "Now it's among the world's bestsellers. It's sold out," he said. The president hoped the author would visit Venezuela, where oil wealth is funding what the government describes as a socialist revolution.

It was belated recognition that his literary hero was alive. Last week the former paratrooper lamented not meeting Prof Chomsky before he died."

Of course, this is just not true.

On 21 September 2006, Reuters reported:

"The dark-skinned, mixed race leader told New Yorkers to read Abraham Lincoln and Mark Twain as well as modern thinkers like Noam Chomsky and John Kenneth Galbraith, lamenting he could not meet Galbraith before he died in April at age 97."
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/news/news-usa-venezuela-chavez.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

There are only 3 possible explanations for Carroll's gaffe:

1. Carroll has lifted his interpretation from another source without checking its veracity for himself.
2. Carroll has mistranslated Chavez' words showing that his Spanish is not to the standard required for someone based in Caracas.
3. Carroll has himself 'edited' Chavez' words in order to make him look stupid.

Whichever explanation is correct, it is a scandal and I would ask you to correct the article posthaste.

Yours Sincerely,

David Sketchley]

Darragh29

Hugo Chavez is like Venezuela's answer to Joe Higgins, fair play to him! "The Devil was in this house yesterday", you'd swear the lad had just walked out of the Hell Fire Club!!! lol

Shutuplaura

Errr, Chavez is the president of a large country, Joe Higgins sure as hell isn't.

Darragh29

Shutuplaura wrote:

Errr, Chavez is the president of a large country, Joe Higgins sure as hell isn't.

Eh do try to scratch under the surface a little! They both speak their minds adn can make people laugh in the process!