Sunday, November 09, 2008

Notes from Venezuela's "democracy" ---Chavez in Carabobo State : "If the opposition wins in this State, I may get the tanks out" Way to go Hugo! We want the tanks out just to prove what a sore loser and dictator you are! ---Chavez in Sucre State: I have ordered Admiral Victor Ballera to take over the airport. "Have you realized what a traitor this character is? (Referring to the Governor of that State and former Chavez supporter for a decade Ramon Martinez) Chavez also threatened Martinez with jail" Just imagine, Ramon Martinez, a socialist to the bone, Chavez supporter for a decade, but he is in the doghouse now, he better watch his  back… ---Chavez in Zulia State: Manuel Rosales is like tumor in the body of Zulia State. "There is a plan not recognize the PSUV's victory." Jeez, it seems as his campaign reflects his thoughts. Who is really thinking of not recognizing the loss? ---And in this oasis of freedom of speech and expression, the El Nacional Editorial Company was not allowed to participate in the international book fair for "lack of space" Of course, being an opposition newspaper had very little to do with it. ---And in his campaigning Chavez orders Rosales to be jailed if he does not recognize Di Martinos victory in Maracaibo. What will happen if Chavez does not recognize Rosales' inevitable victory? Can we jail him? ---Funny, the Venezuelan Government announces that it will take over the Las Cristinas Mine from Crystallex in order to manage the project. But the next day, the Minister of Basic Industries and Mining says it will be given to Russia's Rusoro to exploit. Well, if Obama was asking for the rule of law to be respected, this case has violated the rule of law  twice: The Las Cristinas mine was a concession in the hand of Vanessa Ventures, which was taken away in 2002, by the Chavez Government, and given to Crystallex. Vanessa ahs gone to international arbitration, as it is likely Crystallex will, because the company says it has received no notice from the Government. Hey, I think we should build a nuclear satellite with peaceful purposes in mind just so that people know where Chavez stands! 10:46:16 PM    comment []

Take a break: Since people don't visit the orchids, I am forcing them Cattleya Walkeriana from Brazil Cattleya Jenmanii from Venezuela 9:47:37 PM    comment []

As Supreme Court Justice praises Labor Justice in Venezuela, gross violations continue There is a brainless Justice of the Venezuelan Supreme Court who goes by the name of Alfonso Valbuena. The other day, this mindless unethical Justice of the unfortunate highest Court of Venezuela gave a speech about the magnificent state of Labor Laws in Venezuela and praising how under the new Organic Labor Law, 90% of Labor cases are resolved in four months and 11% go to trial. According to this guy, Venezuela is now at the top of labor judicial processes in the world and this has represented a successful judicial experience in Venezuela. Wow, how can so much crap come out of the mouth and brain of this leader of the Chavista judicial revolution? Can't he remember the more than 20,000 cases of the fired PDVSA workers, few of which the same Courts have processed and processes he praises with such robolutionary abandon? Does he forget that these people had their severance, savings plans, voluntary and regular pension plans confiscated? And you may think that this fanatical judge simply does not care about these "enemies" of the robolution and believes in labor Justice only for the friends of the robolution. But maybe he missed this letter from the association of retired people of PDVSA, published last Thursday in El Nacional, page C-4 (by subscription), where PDVSA retirees complain that not only they have not been paid for the interest from their pension fund for 2007, but they have not been shown the financials since 2002, when the robolution completely took over the company. This is what supposedly places Venezuela at the top of Labor Justice according to Magistrate Valbuena. Every single retired PDVSA employee, whether pro-Chavez or not, has yet to receive the interest payment from their pension fund, managed by the new PDVSA, while the company has given no accountability of the payments made from 2003 to 2006.  So, these Venezuelans who worked for a minimum of 25 years for PDVSA and many as many as 35 years, are still waiting for what is theirs, while Justice Valbuena wastes his time giving speeches about the virtual reality of the mindless and empty revolution he lives in. To say nothing of the hundreds of collective bargaining agreement shelved by Chavez just because he does not feel like signing any new ones, putting Venezuela, despite Valbuena's words, at the bottom of judicial labor processes in the world. But the country is being run fanatics or by mediocre professionals who give speeches like that to justify their status and existence within the revolution. But justice will come to them one day.  People like Hugo Chavez, Rafael Ramirez, Justice Valbuena and others will have to some day respond for their negligence and the violation of peoples rights in the name of their revolution. And they will call it revenge and I will call it divine justice.  12:12:24 AM    comment []