Hugo Chavez Death Pool Thread

[ConstantineX]

It seems that Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez is on the verge of accumulating through purely democratic means sweeping increases in power in order to deliver his promise of "Bolivarian socialism" to the people. His newly acquired powers will include, but are surely not limited to, choosing and defining new administrative districts, greater abilities to nationalize "vital industries", abolishing his term limits in perpetuity (only till 2030, he assures us), and an old forum favorite, appropriating complete control of the money system.

I thought it fitting and appropriate to start a thread to commemorate and chronicle the successes of the vigorous president's soon-to-be acquired powers. Or perhaps record the inevitable consequences.

[lehighguy]

Buying hugo assasination futures seems like a good diversifier if you own oil futures.

[Fly]

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Buying hugo assasination futures seems like a good diversifier if you own oil futures.

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where are they traded?

[NeBlis]

In some ways I want him dead yesterday. In others I hope he sticks around so that the ineveitable flaming burnout of his idiocy can burn the idea of copying him out of peoples minds for a while.

[lehighguy]

I haven't looked, but if they are traded anywhere it is intrade

[ConstantineX]

To be clear, I didn't mean this to be a thread about assassinating Chavez. I just expect as the reforms take effect and Chavez consolidates his hold over the country increasingly gruesome and brutal details about the newest revolution will begin to emerge. Funds evaporating, political opponents disappearing, mass graves in the Orinoco valley, that sort of thing.

[BluffTHIS!]

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To be clear, I didn't mean this to be a thread about assassinating Chavez.

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Of course not. Now how about some side action on whether the CIA gets blamed by Fidel if/when it happens?

[lehighguy]

Communism collapsed less then 20 years ago.

[Nonfiction]

I have numerous friends in Colombia who are quite scared about Venezuela and Chavez, they all srsly think that he might invade or some [censored] since theres apparently some outstanding border issues.

[zasterguava]

Question; The realistic alternative to Chavez is a US puppet in the hands of private power screwing over the poor and increasing the imperial ambitions of the US. Polls show that Chavez is popular and has the majoriy of democratic support. Is he really worth singling out as the worlds douchiest leader?