Truemors
Chances are you have heard the well known advertising jingle... hot dogs, apple pie and Chevrolet. The catchy tune captures the essence of the American way of life. Our senses and values are subconsciously stimulated when we hear that phrase. The taste of mustard and onions, the aromatic smell of warm apple pie and the freedom at any time to go for a drive soothes us into a happy remembrance. That same lyrical verse can have a tendency to lull the public into a false sense of security. Therein lies the problem, for there are those that envey America's social-economical and political leadership position throughout the world.
According to a Miami Herald report, the president of Venezuela, Hugo Chávez and his administration have declared publicly for the first time a draft for their 2008 government spending. This draft
"includes more than $250 million to finance pro-Chávez groups and ''anti-imperialist'' movements in the United States, Central and South America and Mexico."
"The budget "also sets aside up to $70 million for trips abroad by government officials, including $20 million destined for activities by the Venezuelan military."
Washington, the $64,000 questions are... What is Chávez's undisclosed budget for financing his movement to disrupt the American way of life? Is Chávez forewarning us of a Venezuelan military action toward the U.S.?
In an ambitious push to extend President Hugo Chávez's revolutionary ideology, the Venezuelan government's draft 2008 budget includes more than $250 million to finance pro-Chávez groups and ''anti-imperialist'' movements in the United States, Central and South America and Mexico.Under the draft budget, given initial legislative approval earlier this week, the Foreign Ministry would finance an ample variety of foreign activities, including the ''consolidation'' of the Venezuela-Cuba-Bolivia axis, the strengthening of alternative movements in Central America and Mexico, and the promotion of solidarity ``with sectors that have been excluded from the North American Society.''
In the past two years, the oil-rich Chávez administration has committed some $18 billion, between agreements and donations, to countries in the Americas in what analysts view as an effort to buy support for his leftist-populist policies.
The draft was the first time that the government publicly included in the Foreign Ministry's budget these types of spending plans for programs to promote Chávez's ideology abroad.
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