Socialism
Jun 18 2009, Marco Villa

American leftists seem not to notice, but Hugo Chavez’s “21st Century Socialism” is not going as planned. I have written extensively on the horror Chavez is forcing his people through.

Here’s a sample of my writings:

Chavez has packed the...

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