Sunday, December 2, 2007

Chavez and Putin

What is the meaning of the coincidence of these two events on December 2, 2007: the victory of Putin's Party in Russia and the victory of Chavez in Venezuela. Both seek to transcend the problem of term limits in order to control the direction of government over a long period of time.

Even before the end of the day, the USA has already urged Russia to investigate widespread allegation of fraud to beckon the call of the rising tension between the United States and Russia. In name, we still call Russia our friend, but how far must things go before Russia falls back into the heap with Cuba and Venezuela?

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