Helping the Blind to See - Venezuela's People First Policies
By Charley Allan, Morning Star, Tuesday, 06 September 2005
The contrast between the calls from a wealthy bible basher to assassinate Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez and the south American country's people-first policies in the region and beyond could not be larger.
So, US televangelist Pat Robertson has ordered his million-strong "brownshirt" army to assassinate Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez.
This powerful Bush ally, who sells "miracles" on live TV to people who really believe that he has a hot-line to God, may just be protecting his turf - after all, the Venezuelan president has just announced on his own television show that he, too, will be helping the blind see again, only for free.
Mission Miracle is a new social programme which sends poor Venezuelans to Cuba for sight-restoring eye operations.
It has been tremendously successful and Chavez recently announced that it will be extended to countries across the hemisphere, including the US.
The contrast between the calls from a wealthy bible basher to assassinate Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez and the south American country's people-first policies in the region and beyond could not be larger.
So, US televangelist Pat Robertson has ordered his million-strong "brownshirt" army to assassinate Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez.
This powerful Bush ally, who sells "miracles" on live TV to people who really believe that he has a hot-line to God, may just be protecting his turf - after all, the Venezuelan president has just announced on his own television show that he, too, will be helping the blind see again, only for free.
Mission Miracle is a new social programme which sends poor Venezuelans to Cuba for sight-restoring eye operations.
It has been tremendously successful and Chavez recently announced that it will be extended to countries across the hemisphere, including the US.
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