London 05.03.07 | Hugo said yesterday that they want to kill him. Again. What a situation. We’re used to Hugo’s announcements about assassination plots. Every time he remembers that CIA hitmen are lurking around, he warns us about the dangers ahead. What Hugo never tells us, despite being a skilled storyteller, is that when his supposed arch-rivals – those are the gringos – had him imprisoned during the April 11 events, none of them thought to fill him with lead or throw him from that helicopter that took him to a ‘secret island’ in the Caribbean. They had him there at their mercy, easy pickings for any harm, but they did nothing. Isn’t that interesting? It’s true that the group of assassins hunting him down, notably composed of special agents from the Israeli Mossad among others, has been trying unsuccessfully to kill this guy for 8 years. But what does this say about the so-called ‘recalcitrant and reactionary’ opposition that Hugo constantly refers to? The supporters of the Venezuelan far-right were part of the coup on April 11. Hugo has been repeating that for quite some time, hasn’t he? How is it that they also faced that backlash? Is Hugo pulling our leg? In any case, it’s sad to witness the spectacle that Venezuelan politics has become, where a degenerate sets the agenda and the others follow suit with meticulous rigor. And I’m not referring here to the Chavistas. No. I’m talking about the Manueles, the Teodoros, the Leopoldos, the Julios, in short, what I call the ex-men, not like in the movie but in the literal sense. Ex-men because they are all, without exception, ex something: Rosales is an ex-presidential candidate; Petkoff is an ex-politician; Leopoldo is an ex-mayor… Faced with such a lot, the only thing left for Hugo is to laugh heartily, be infinitely grateful for having such a so-called opposition, and invent assassination plots.
Governing doesn’t interest him; alleviating the country’s problems either, as he has shown us. It’s the sweet nectar of absolute, global power that drives this man. And that’s why, he reiterates ad nauseam, they want to kill him. We must then conclude, after 8 long years of announced assassination plots without evidence, investigation, or arrests, that the efficiency of his would-be assassins and his political opponents go hand in hand; Hugo will remain alive and in power until death, natural death, catches up with him.