Hollywood’s favorite dictator, Hugo Chávez, is a big deal in the blogosphere today. First, the Miami Herald reported yesterday that “Chávez has revealed that he regularly consumes coca — the source of cocaine.” The article continues:
Very interesting. At Jawa Report, Mike Pechar remarks, “All this information possibly sheds a new perspective on why Hollywood-types and other celebrities flock to have meetings with Chavez.” More from Michelle Malkin, who asks, “Have you ever listened to Hugo Chavez and thought to yourself: ‘That thug must be on something?'” Yes, actually. In more serious news from Venezuela, Chávez recently threatened both farmers and banks. He threatened milk farmers who try to sell their product abroad for more profit, calling them “treasonous” and threatening to “bring in the Army” if necessary. A few days ago, he threatened to nationalize banks “that fail to meet state-imposed loaning requirements designed to benefit Venezuela’s farmers.” Captain Ed notes, “Chavez needs this more than most because his status as president-for-life could not get secured in last year’s flop of a referendum. Food and milk shortages that have predictably arisen from state control of the markets have created anger and opposition to his socialist plan for Venezuela.” And Purple Avenger at Ace of Spades sides with the banks because “the government mandated interest rate (15%) is lower than the rate of inflation in VE (22%).” More blog buzz today on Chávez’s anti-Semitic, anti-human-rights regime. At least Mr. Chávez can take solace in the fact that he has yet another Hollywood friend, right?
