Hace 25 años cayó el muro que levantó el capitalismo

Siempre a la caza de lo más delirante en el discurso político, he dedicado el día de hoy a leer algunas versiones revisionistas de la extrema izquierda sobre la caída del “muro de contención anti-fascista”. Algunas son muy sofisticadas, pero casi todas van en clave teórico conspirativa sobre “la tragedia”: ¡a veces hasta nos informan sobre el evidente hecho de que el muro lo levantó “el capitalismo”! Varias comienzan retóricamente acusando a quien se alegrara en 1989 de ingenuo, imbécil o en el peor de los casos, maluco. Fukuyama parece ser un blanco común (como que estos tipos leen más a Fukuyama que a Marx, más probablemente a ninguno de los dos).

Dejo aquí un caso tomado, por supuesto, de Aporrea. Incluye casi todos los tópicos del género. De todo los que he leído hasta ahora, por lo menos es de los más cómicos: el autor asegura haber sido testigo presencial del traumático evento, pero ante la euforia colectiva a su alrededor, el pana lo que siente es una indignación monumental “viendo a la juventud de Berlin Oriental, cantando y bailando en las calles…”

La caída del Muro de Berlín, solo la festejan los capitalistas. Para los pueblos fue un retroceso Por: Hersh Zakheim

Y la Agencia Venezolana de Noticias ha publicado este artículo de Freddy Guevara. El argumento principal es que la República Democrática Alemana había alcanzado un altísimo nivel de desarrollo pero fue “entregada” a la República Federal Alemana por Gorvachov. La principal fuente de Guevara: una entrevista a Margot Honecker tomada del libro La otra Alemania, la RDA de Luís Corvalán.

Maduro: 2015 will be the year of victory in the “Economic War”

President Nicolás Maduro has announced that 2015 is “set to become the year in which the victory of the people over the Economic War, expressed in speculation, scarcity, and hoarding, will be consolidated.”

“2014 will be remembered as the year the guarimba was defeated, and 2015 will be the year of the definite defeat of the Economic War and its sequels, [an Economic War] waged by the international bilateral anti-Venezuelan capital,” said the president.

He added that in spite of all the measures taken by the government “the oligarchy still insists on benefiting from the Economic War that is being faced by our people,” therefore the government will soon take new measures “to protect the people.”

The people, according to Maduro, will punish that oligarchy by casting a protest vote against it in next year’s parliamentary elections: “Not only will the people vote for the revolutionary path, the legacy of the Comandante Chávez, of peace and stability for the country; the people will cast a protest vote against the evils of the right wing, against the guarimba, against the Economic War, it will be a full swing protest vote,” Maduro said.

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Cabello: New terrorist group led by Carratú Molina

The president of the National Assembly and vice-president of the PSUV, Diosdado Cabello, denounced yesterday that a new “terrorist group” is being formed by Venezuelan exiles in Miami.

The “destabilizing group” is, according to Cabello, led by Iván Carratú Molina, chief of the Military House under ex-president Carlos Andrés Pérez.

Cabello said that Carratú Molina has been posting videos on Youtube calling for a military uprising in Venezuela. He  also remained listeners that he had already revealed in February this year a recording of what he claimed was a conversation of Carratú Molina with the Venezuelan ex-ambassador to Colombia, Fernando Gerbasi, in which they spoke of making preparations for “something similar to April 11” (the day of the coup against Chávez in 2002).

Here is one of the videos of Carratú Molina that Cabello could be referring to:

Human Rights NGOs are funded by the United States

The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) of the Organization of American States is holding its 153rd hearings session in Washington.

On 28 October the Commission heard the case of Venezuela. Local NGOs, among them COFAVIC and PROVEA, made a detailed presentation of 892 cases of human rights violations in Venezuela.

Germán Saltrón responded for the Venezuelan State that all human rights NGOs operating in the country are “financed by the United States,” and that they are in cahoots with “90% of the local and international media” in a plot to “attack and play down the historical importance of the victories of the Venezuelan government.”

Today Saltrón published an article in the web portal Aporrea elaborating his argument:

"In order to achieve social justice the eternal president Hugo Chávez Frías decreed the nationalization of our oil industry and strengthened the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries for the defense of a fair price for oil. As a consequence of these actions of sovereignty, the government of the United States, together with the Venezuelan opposition, initiated since 1999 an internal and external campaign of discredit, falsely presenting president Chávez as a dictator and a human rights violator.

"To accomplish this they have used Venezuelan and foreign NGOs to present reckless, unfounded, and false denunciations [of human rights violations]." 

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Canada in cahoots

Ex-government official and journalist José Vicente Rangel has accused Canada of being part of a conspiracy to attack the Venezuelan government and destabilize the country.

Rangel declared that “the government of Canada has increased its attacks against Venezuela,” by accusing the country of supporting drug trafficking and of handing out passports to terrorist suspects.

“This is part of a combined campaign with the North American [United States] government. In this campaign [the activities of] the Center for a Secure and Free Society and the Canadian Institute for Social and Economic Analysis stand out,” explained Rangel.

The reason for these recent “attacks” by the Canadian government, according to Rangel, is the need by the North American country to hide its links with “los mexicanos” and their role in the increase of drug trafficking to the United States via Canada.

The attacks by Canada also include the use of its embassy in Caracas to smuggle intelligence operatives into Venezuela. According to Rangel, in the last month, “approximately 30 agents specialized in destabilization activities,” have entered the country through the Canadian Embassy.

The Canadian Embassy in Caracas has denied the claims.