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Chavez denounces Venezuelan cardinal as coup-mongering "band
Wed Jul 27, 2005 05:09
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You would have thought that the Catholic Church would support Chavez, who was of course elected in a democratic and monitored election. It's almost like they want the peasants to remain poor and subservient. It's a huge opportunity for the Church to get involved in the reforms that are taking place and it looks like it will go to waste. Do they prefer that the wealth of the country goes to fat American investors instead?
President Chavez denounces Venezuelan cardinal as coup-mongering "bandit"
http://www.vheadline.com/readnews.asp?id=42246
China's Xinhua news agency reports that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has called a Roman Catholic cardinal a coup-mongering "bandit" after the church leader urged Venezuelans to oppose the President on the grounds he was not ruling the country like a democrat.
"I am convinced that what we have here is a dictatorship," El Universal newspaper quoted Cardinal Rosalio Castillo as saying.
At a live state television broadcast, waving a copy of Castillo's newspaper interview, Chavez angrily retorted the church leader, saying "He has the devil inside him ... (he's an) immoral bandit and coup-mongerer." He also said the cardinal's attack against him should be brought to the attention of Pope Benedict ... "Is this how the Vatican wants to have good relations with us?"
This current row might worsen the already strained ties between Chavez, a left-wing nationalist, and Venezuela's Catholic bishops.
Some bishops accused the President of trying to introduce an atheistic ideology to the predominantly Catholic country.
But recent opinion polls showed Chavez enjoys the support of a majority of Venezuelans because his populist government is using national oil wealth to provide free health and education programs and cheap food for the poor.
Chavez won a referendum on his rule last year and opinion polls predicted he will win re-election in elections in late 2006.
President Chavez denounces Venezuelan cardinal as coup-mongering "bandit"
http://www.vheadline.com/readnews.asp?id=42246
China's Xinhua news agency reports that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has called a Roman Catholic cardinal a coup-mongering "bandit" after the church leader urged Venezuelans to oppose the President on the grounds he was not ruling the country like a democrat.
"I am convinced that what we have here is a dictatorship," El Universal newspaper quoted Cardinal Rosalio Castillo as saying.
At a live state television broadcast, waving a copy of Castillo's newspaper interview, Chavez angrily retorted the church leader, saying "He has the devil inside him ... (he's an) immoral bandit and coup-mongerer." He also said the cardinal's attack against him should be brought to the attention of Pope Benedict ... "Is this how the Vatican wants to have good relations with us?"
This current row might worsen the already strained ties between Chavez, a left-wing nationalist, and Venezuela's Catholic bishops.
Some bishops accused the President of trying to introduce an atheistic ideology to the predominantly Catholic country.
But recent opinion polls showed Chavez enjoys the support of a majority of Venezuelans because his populist government is using national oil wealth to provide free health and education programs and cheap food for the poor.
Chavez won a referendum on his rule last year and opinion polls predicted he will win re-election in elections in late 2006.
- Re: Chavez denounces Venezuelan cardinal as coup-mongering " —Bob Scheidt, Wed Jul 27 08:00
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