Venezuelan people and bishops under siege. (News in Brief: Venezuela).Caracas, Venezuela--The star of Hugo Chavez, the populist anti-American, militarist president of Venezuela, is rapidly falling as his clashes with various groups gain in intensity. He has running conflicts with businessmen, labour unions, political parties, the media, and the Catholic Church. The Holy See is said to be distressed at Chavez' latest attack on the Catholic Church in which he accuses her of not being supportive of his "Revolution", and even of being responsible for recent economic and political ills suffered by this country of 24 million. On February 3, he described the Church as a "tumor tumor: see neoplasm. " and said that the bishops "have gone astray a·stray adv. 1. Away from the correct path or direction. See Synonyms at amiss. 2. Away from the right or good, as in thought or behavior; straying to or into wrong or evil ways. from the path of God" because they don't support his policies. Because of these comments, the Venezuelan bishops have refused Chavez' latest offer to meet with them. Messages of solidarity from Episcopal conferences around the world have been sent to their brother bishops in Venezuela, including ones from Mexico and the Latin-American Bishops' Council. Hugo Chavez was elected by a landslide landslide, rapid slipping of a mass of earth or rock from a higher elevation to a lower level under the influence of gravity and water lubrication. More specifically, rockslides are the rapid downhill movement of large masses of rock with little or no hydraulic flow, in 1998, promising political and economic reforms. His constitutional changes have widened and consolidated his own presidential powers The executive authority given to the president of the United States by Article II of the Constitution to carry out the duties of the office. Article II, Section 1, of the Constitution provides that the "executive power shall be vested in a President of the United while his economic promises remain largely unfulfilled. His open intolerance and demagogic dem·a·gog·ic also dem·a·gog·i·cal adj. Of, relating to, or characteristic of a demagogue. dem methods have alienated al·ien·ate tr.v. al·ien·at·ed, al·ien·at·ing, al·ien·ates 1. To cause to become unfriendly or hostile; estrange: alienate a friend; alienate potential supporters by taking extreme positions. many. In 1993 he attempted a military coup. After it failed, he tried it the democratic way, achieving success in 1998 (Zen it, Jan. 28, Feb. 11; Nat. Post, Feb. 11). |
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