Bill Delahunt, Jesse Jackson, Sr. and… Greg Meeks. Delahunt and Meeks put together the deal with Venezualan socialist Hugo Chavez that helped the poor in the U.S. with discounted home heating oil. Chavez’s funeral was held today at a secret location and Rep. Meeks was the official U.S. representative.
“All I can say is that the people of Venezuela elected him,” Meeks told the NY Daily News. Meeks said he often disagreed with Chavez, adding, “still, think it was important for this administration, as it was for the Bush Administration, to try to make sure that we had a good relationship.”
Speaking of Hugo Rafael Chavez Frias: A former Baseball Player-turned-Soldier and Revolutionary Politician…The Charismatic failed-Coup Leader and ex Prisoner became Venezuelan President on December 6,1988…After his victory he Famously Declared,”People Voted for a Profound Transformation,and They Will Have One…There after,he Embarked on Massive Political Engineering Which Saw The Amendment of The Constitution…The Country’s Name Was Changed To The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela; The Presidential Tenure Was Extended From[5 to 6]Years…The Congress Was Replaced by a Unicameral National Assembly;and The Power of Political Parties Was Reduced; Social Reforms Were Introduced; including free Education up to University Level; New Health Clinics and Paved Roads were Provided in Rural Areas…Conversely,the Elite of The Country and Their Foreign Collaborators Never Had it so Bad…In[2001] Chavez Passed a Set of[49]Economic Laws,including The Hydrocarbons Law,Which Nationalized The Petro’leos de Venezuela,S.A.[POVSA],the Venezuelan State-Owned Oil and Natural Gas Company…Venezuela is the[5th]Largest Oil Exporter in The World…A Land Reform Law Was Introduced,Redressing The Anomalous Situation Where[70%]of Arable Land Was Owned by Less Than[3%] of The Population but only[4%] of Such Land Was Being Farmed…The New Law Gave All Unused Land to Poor Land-Less Farmers…While Consolidating his Socialist Revolution at Home,Chavez Was a Defiant Anti-West Campaigner Abroad…He Despied”Imperialism”and its Many Variants and had Nothing but Scorn For Those he Perceived as ”Imperialist Agents.”Many Age-Long Enemies of The West Numbered Among His Political,if Not Ideological,Soul Mates…While The Political Opposition called him Diablo or Devil,most Venezuelans Loved Him to Distraction…His Death at The Age of[58],after a[2]year battle with Cancer marks the end of a Remarkable Chapter in The History of Venezuela and Leaves a Void in Leftist Leadership in Latin America…Whatever his faults,it Must be Conceded That he Affected His Country So Fundamentally That a Return To The Iniquitous Days of your When The Rich Fed Fat at The Expense of The Larger Population is Unthinkable…May His Soul Rest In Peace.