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> Colombian and Peruvian Elections Prove Stalin Was Right

8 June 2006, 01:53

Did you pay attention at all in the run up to the election in Peru or are you just playing Monday morning quarterback with the outcome? Hugo Chavez is a good man, I like him a great deal. I respect what he is doing in Venezuela and wish that more world leaders were like him. On the other hand I cannot stand George Bush and I hope that someday we will be sentencing him to death in a court of law for all the atrocitites he has committed against the world, our constitution, and the people of the United Sates of America. That day cannot come soon enough. Having declared where I stand, I will now get to my point. Ollanta Humalla had the lead over Alan Garcia early on in the presidential race. He lost his lead when Hugo Chavez opened his big mouth and decided to become involved Peru’s electorial process. When he disrespected Peru’s sovereignty is when Humala began to lose the vote to Garcia. This is only human nature - no one likes to be told what to do by outsiders and foreign interests. Not all backed away from Humala but it was enough to give the election to Garcia. Thus a political error by an otherwise brilliant player lost Humala the presidency. Naturally had Bush openly supported Garcia you would have a very, very different outcome today. People held their noses and took antibiotics after having voted for Garcia but he was considered to be the least distastefull of the two. The people of Peru spoke, they would rather take their chances under Garcia and continue to be Peruvians as opposed to becoming a Venezuelan state under Humala.