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Venezuelan presidential candidate subjected to anti-Semitic attacks
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Published: 06.03.12, 09:19
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1. anyway it seems that Chavez days are numbered
Pablo Escobar ,   Colombia   (03.06.12)
He is dying slowly, getting god's repayment for his crimes
2. The "socialism of fools" just got even stupider
Eitan ,   PT   (03.06.12)
3. No. 1, We are all dying slowly.
Rich ,   Toronto, Canada   (03.06.12)
Does that mean we are getting God's payment for our crimes?
4. but Capriles Radonski is ROMAN CATHOLIC!
just sayin' ,   Israel   (03.06.12)
which means that in fact Hugo Chavez is totally out of line! (yes I know that Capriles Radonski's mother is Jewish and that his Catholic father has long time ago Morrano roots...but still Capriles Radonski himself is Roman Catholic)
5. @1&3 what is it with this vengeful G-d of yours?
(03.06.12)
You are both aware that G-d has other attributes right? LovingKindness, Peace and Justice are His principle attributes...this vengeful thing you speak of well...goodness knows where you are getting THAT from!
6. to #1 same fate occured to Eva Peron
ghostq   (03.06.12)
7. to no 4 Capriles Mother is not jewish it's one ...
ari ,   Jerusalem   (03.06.12)
of his Grandparents on his father side. It seams he is descendent of Marranos some generations ago. But not all descendents of marranos can be considered Jewish. Most of them have been practicing Cristians. Capriles is a practicing Catholic, it wouldn' be strange that he is not exactly a Jew Lover. This Argument on the Chavez campaign is only a distraction to get more votes, a dirty game that has nothing to do withh reality. Chavez is antizionist and antisemitic and is using Capriles as a scape goat to get votes. That is the reality. Of course along the way he is creating an antijewish sentiment. He is killing two birds with one stone. Stablishing an antisemitic sentiment and second discrediting Capriles. Capriles can be as Jewish as Almadinejad, they say he also comes from a Jewish family. So?
8. Let's set the record straight
Flavio ,   Sao Paulo, Brazil   (03.07.12)
Capriles' mother is a Poland Jew and her mother (his grandmother) is a Holocaust Survivor. Capriles' father had a Jewish father (from very well known Sephardic family, established in the Netherlands Antilles for centuries) and a Gentile mother. They even intended to have a Jewish wedding, back then, but according to halacha they could not, for the groom was not born from a Jewish mother. Somehow, in the light of this, they decided to raise their children as Catholics - but this not erases the fact that Capriles has Jewish parents from both sides. BTW, Lionel Capriles, from the same origin, is a very well known public figure in Curacao, Netherlands Antilles, and until a few years ago was the top manager (CEO) of Maduro and Curielsbank, the most traditional banking house of the region. Summing up: Capriles would be totally eligible for an Israeli citizenship, under the Law of Return, it he chose to do so. He was raised as a Catholic, is a practicing one, but has repeatedly stated that his moral and family values stem directly from his Jewish roots, which are immediate, not lost in the mist of ancient times.
9. About Chavez
Luiz F Haddad ,   Niteroi, Brazil   (03.07.12)
Hugo Chaves is a radical dictatorial leftist, not a social democrat or a moderate socialist. At first, his government has made some good reforms, but today, Venezuela is almost like Castro's Cuba; Parlament and Judicial Power entirely submitted to the Executive. Chavez' antisemitism is so ignorant as shameful. Nevertheless, we hope our neighbor country gets free from this bad situation, on having social justice with freedom. Salutes.
10. So?
Stan ,   U.S.   (03.07.12)
Antisemitism is a powerful force that shapes events throughout much of the world. To a populist dictator like Chavez the Jewish background of an opponent is a blessing, and he'd be a fool not to make the most of it.
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