Venezuela Chavez says "Comrade" Obama more left-wing
Tue Jun 2, 2009 10:27pm EDT

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez said on Tuesday that he and Cuban ally Fidel Castro risk being more conservative than U.S. President Barack Obama as Washington prepares to take control of General Motors Corp.

During one of Chavez's customary lectures on the "curse" of capitalism and the bonanzas of socialism, the Venezuelan leader made reference to GM's bankruptcy filing, which is expected to give the U.S. government a 60 percent stake in the 100-year-old former symbol of American might.

"Hey, Obama has just nationalized nothing more and nothing less than General Motors. Comrade Obama! Fidel, careful or we are going to end up to his right," Chavez joked on a live television broadcast.

During a decade in government, Chavez has nationalized most of Venezuela's key economic sectors, including multibillion dollar oil projects, often via joint ventures with the private sector that give the state a 60 percent controlling stake.

Obama has vowed to quickly sell off General Motors once the auto giant is back on its feet, but the government will initially control the company after a $30 billion injection of taxpayer funds.

Chavez, a vehement critic of the U.S. "empire," has toned down his rhetoric since Obama took office in January and the two men shook hands during a summit in Trinidad and Tobago in April.

obama is such a dick.....

"obama is such a dick....." a well thought out reasoned response for a two year old. Hey Dewb, with all of your pot smoking one has to ask why you defend a party that would love to put you in jail?

I actually agree that Oil should be nationalized as it's critical to the backbone of our economy and national defense. Besides, we give so many breaks to oil companies we might as well own them.

You can't believe everything Chavez say's. Remember he said GW was satan. He was wrong. Dick Cheney is satan.

you do realize that i post just to get a rise out of folks like yourself.....works every time. i dont even need to try anymore, seems like if i even make a post unrelated to you in anyway you would be offended by it or make a remark about it....when i was young i used to see how long it would take me to get that huge vein in my dad's forehead to start throbbing, makes me chuckle just thinking about it. as far as my party wanting to put me in jail....you must not know many rednecks do you....i have yet to meet one that didnt toke. maybe its just the area i live in. dont have to deal with many city folk.

how is cheney satan....he likes fags

I love needling idiots. Especially republican idiots. Like voting for a party that wants to put you in jail. That's being an idiot. And what do you mean by when? You still are young. You prove it every day.

this makes me think of Chavez as being more of a fascist than communist/socialist, but whatever.