Satan
stood here yesterday,
The
smell of gun powder lingers still…
You
dared to utter those words
in
the UN General Assembly just a day after
George
W Bush had spoken donning the garb
of
the world’s moral police commissioner.
Bush’s
America, as did his predecessors’
as
well as his successors’,
promised
prosperity to all.
But
you delivered it at least to the people of your country.
You had a vision
Your life was a mission
The world stands in need of many
leaders like you.
You
showed how a nation’s resources
can
be used for the welfare of all the people
unlike
the American vision of amassing it for a select few
leaving
the rest to scramble for crumbs...
When
cancer ate into your being
you
accused America of conspiring to spread cancer
among
the socialist leaders in Latin America.
After
all, Paraguay’s president Fernanado Lugo,
Brazil’s
Dilma Rousseff as well as Lula da Silva,
were
all diagnosed with cancer.
Fortunately
Argentine Kirchner’s cancer turned out to be false diagnosis...
You
had reason to suspect American conspiracy.
After
all, as you pointed out,
America
had infected the people of Guatemala with syphilis
for
the sake of medical experimentation!
Why
not infect socialists with cancer?
Who
knows what America did really?
In
you, the world has lost a bright star,
a red star,
a revolutionary light.
He for sure was a great leader.
ReplyDeleteMay his soul rest in peace.
The world has lost a bright star - So true !!
Latin America has some excellent leaders, Aram. Fidel Castro is another leader whom I admire.
DeleteI do not how you remember Pol Pot of Cambodia. As per what NoamChomsky says he was forced to become ruthless by the global powers of that age. Well, in the case of Chavez, he wiggled out of similar attempts, including a coup attempt. Whatever he did for his people, he did it in the face of adversity.
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Yes, Raghuram, Chavez came from a very poor family and was educated by his grandmother. He overcame a serious attack, as you point out.
DeleteMay the Venezuelans get another good leader!
Never knew about him in such detail before his death! Great person. Great loss for humanity!
ReplyDeleteMost of our media belong to right wing groups and hence they won't give due importance to the leftist leaders. Latin America's socialism is a serious threat to America's capitalism. And America counters it with many things including propaganda. The leaders of Latin America are shown as villains.
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