On June 15, 2010, the BBC’s /Hardtalk/ program broadcast an wide-ranging interview with Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez from the Miraflores Presidential Palace in Caracas. The interviewer, Stephen Sackur, clearly intended to provoke Chavez with a series of ill-informed and outright dishonest claims and questions. He did not succeed.
In 3 parts and around 25 minutes in total length.
Part 1
Part 2
Part3
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Ana
June 17, 2010
Wrong! Chavez showed his true colors. Mr Sackur is a great journalist who knew exactly how to ask the right questions about freedom of speech in Venezuela and how, and we all know it, Mr. Chavez eliminates whoever dares to go against his doctrine. It makes me sick to see how this man can destroy an entire nation and how people like you defend him. The “Imperialism” he talks about is only in his sick mind.
magbana
June 18, 2010
Charmed by the Anglo reporter with the British accent, eh? Disgusted with the president that looks like the majority of Venezuelans? As for “where” imperialism lies, climb up the hill to Barrio Adentro and ask the citizens about imperialism. You are immersed in an uphill battle that you can’t win. If you don’t like Chavez, you really don’t like what the overwhelming majority of Venezuelans want.
Andres Rodriguez
June 30, 2010
Really? Do you really think his crap? Only you my friend. I live in Caricuao and here things are worst than ever. The only thing that Chavez had ever done was destroy the little things we had!! in my ‘barrio” everybody wants him out with his full of crap ministers!!!
Armando Cova
June 23, 2010
Magbana,
I have but to disagree with you, the big majority of Venezuelans do not want all the deaths in the streets, the insecurity in the streets, abandoned kids and no education, 122 Millions of Kg of food wasted, 89% of critic poverty, roads not maintained , 950 Billions of dollars from oil that could have kept Venezuela afloat.
Venezuelan want growth and prosperity. Countries smaller and with no oil, such as Peru are going to show economical growth but Venezuela is going the other way.
magbana
June 24, 2010
You will have a very hard time convincing me and millions of others that Venezuela’s poor have not made immense educational and social advances since President Chavez has been in office. That’s my only barometer — not how much more Venezuelan business people make at the expense of the overall society.
Andres Rodriguez
June 30, 2010
Where? Tell me where? Where are the millions? Did you see the marcha of the Bolivarian University? Only a few!!!
John Ellis
June 27, 2010
Capitalist democracy, as in Empire USA, is slavery by the 51% voting majority, the 51% most aggressive and wealthy. Whereas, social democracy is President Chavez pure and simple.