Protesta ante el inmerecido doctorado "Honoris Causa" que sera conferido a Hugo Chavez Frias, Presidente de la Republica Bolivariana de Venezuela

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Los abajo firmantes, escandalizados y entristecidos ante el inmerecido doctorado honoris causa que la prestigiosa universidad de Oxford, gracias a la distorsionada imagen que se ha dado en el exterior del presidente de Venezuela, decidiу conferirle a Hugo Chбvez Frнas, protestamos ante el otorgamiento de dicha distinciуn que sуlo han merecido personalidades de alto nivel intelectual, cientнfico, literario y polнtico respetuosas de las instituciones democrбticas y los derechos humanos.

El siguiente articulo dara a conocer el porque de nuestra protesta y el porque consideramos inmerecido el titulo que se le quiere otorgar a quien no lo merece


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The Chavez Mirage
I recently attended a seminar in Europe where I met several US and European nationals who asked me about the situation in Venezuela and my views on the Chavez administration.

The first thing that struck me was how many of them were enamored by Chavez' anti-American rhetoric and viewed him as the current David challlenging the US Goliath.

Humans are naturally inclined to support the underdog, and, frankly, in light of Bush's continued foreign policiy blunders, a few of them sided with Chavez in the ongoing Chavez-Bush diatribe merely because of the old adage that "My enemy's enemy is my friend".

Before resorting to such simplistic logic, I would encourage these people to examine the actual results that underlie Chavez' rambling speeches, modeled after his mentor and hero, Fidel Castro.

In the seven years the Chavez administration has been in power, not a single new hospital or school has been built; the quality of both health care and education has decreased significantly; unemployment has risen to hitherto unknown levels, while the political persecution of the media and the opposition has reached levels known only in repressive regimes such as Cuba and Zimbabwe, both allies of this ill-fated government.

The "Maisanta List", available over the Internet, has served as a filter to discriminate citizens according to their political loyalties in awarding public sector jobs and contracts.

Productive lands have been confiscated from their rightful owners and turned over to cooperatives that dismantle existing means of production and threaten the time-honored principles of private property.

The list of abuses is much too long to include in 4,000 words, so I would encourage those Chavez supporters who look only at his belligerence towards a weakened Bush Administration to search more deeply, investigate more and draw their own conclusions.

They will clearly see that behind the propaganda machinery paid for by our tax money hides one of the most repressive and undemocratic regimes currently in power on this beautiful continent and whose only purpose is to export its so-callled "Revolution" to other neighboring nations and to bring to their citizens the misery, persecution and increasing levels of poverty, malnutrition and crime that we in Venezuela are suffering.

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El espejismo Chбvez

Recientemente participй en un seminario en Europa donde conocн diversos nativos de los EEUU y Europa quienes me preguntaron acerca de la situaciуn en Venezuela y mis opiniones sobre la administraciуn de Chбvez.

Lo primero que me impactу fue notar cuбntos de ellos estaban enamorados de la retуrica anti-norteamericana de Chбvez y cуmo lo veнan como el actual David desafiando el Goliat de EEUU.

Los seres humanos nos inclinamos por naturaleza a apoyar al mбs desvalido, y francamente, a la luz de los constantes desaciertos en la polнtica exterior de Bush, algunos de ellos apoyaron a Chбvez en la actual diatriba Chбvez-Bush sуlo por aquel viejo adagio de que el enemigo de mi enemigo es mi amigo.

Pero antes de caer en una lуgica tan simplista, me gustarнa incitar a estas personas a examinar los actuales resultados que sustentan los agresivos discursos de Chбvez, moldeados de su hйroe y tutor, Fidel Castro.

En los siete aсos que la administraciуn de Chбvez ha estado en el poder, no se ha construido un solo hospital o escuela; la calidad, tanto de la salud pъblica como de la educaciуn ha disminuido de forma significativa; el desempleo ha alcanzado cifras sin precedentes, mientras que la persecuciуn polнtica contra los medios de comunicaciуn y la oposiciуn ha alcanzado niveles sуlo conocidos en regнmenes represivos como Cuba y Zimbabwe, ambos aliados de este nefasto rйgimen.

La lista Maisanta, disponible en la Internet, ha servido de filtro para discriminar a los ciudadanos segъn sus lealtades polнticas para conferir o no contratos o trabajo en el sector pъblico.

Se han confiscado tierras productivas de sus propietarios legнtimos otorgбndolas a cooperativas que desmantelan los bienes de producciуn existentes, amenazando los principios de la propiedad privada que hasta ahora habнan sido tradicionalmente respetados.

La lista de abusos es demasiado larga para ser incluida en 4000 palabras, por lo que exhorto a aquellos que apoyan a Chбvez quienes sуlo observan su beligerancia contra la debilitada administraciуn de Bush, a buscar con mayor profundidad, a investigar algo mбs y alcanzar sus propias conclusiones.

Verбn claramente que, detrбs de esa maquinaria propagandнstica, pagada con nuestros impuestos, se esconde uno de los regнmenes mбs represivos y antidemocrбticos que rige actualmente en este hermoso continente y cuyo ъnico propуsito es exportar su supuesta revoluciуn a otras naciones vecinas y acarrear a sus ciudadanos la miseria, la persecuciуn y los crecientes niveles de pobreza, malnutriciуn y crimen que sufrimos en Venezuela.
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