CEDICE, one of Atlas’s only partners in the difficult territory of Venezuela, recently produced a paper on the impact of Hugo Chavez and his policies. Here is a brief excerpt:
“The myth that [Chavez] is a godsend to the poor must be debunked. He may seem interested in the poor, be a modern day Robin Hood, he may have lots of followers within the country and abroad. They are probably influenced by so much propaganda, specious arguments, promises and hate talk about the rich. He may dazzle them with giveaways of all kinds, as long as his oil wealth lasts and their political behavior is adequate. If the latter is not, then they are traitors, coup-sters, and lackeys of the American empire. His help makes people dependent on him. It is never related to more capabilities and opportunities to succeed independently of him.”
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