Latin America has seen rapid changes over recent years, most significantly with the rise of left-leaning leaders who are willing to fight massive corporations and even stand up to the massive presence of the US in their countries. Director Oliver Stone decided to go to Venezuela to meet Chavez for himself, but when he got there, Chavez pointed out that the story was much bigger than just him.
Stone and his screenwriter Tariq Ali met seven Latin American leaders and shot an amazing film, South of the Border, and they met with Laura this week in New York to talk about the film, the American left, Obama, the BP disaster, and more.
[...] Source: GRITtv [...]
By Oliver Stone and Tariq Ali: South of the Border | Amauta on June 26th, 2010 at 11:22 pm
Yet another Oliver Stone box office FAILURE. LOL. He is establishing a track record for crap people do not want to see
By Ed F on June 27th, 2010 at 4:57 am
No Holy Book in any tradition ever said that making sure a nation’s resources are equitably shared with all its people ever led to ruin. In fact quite the opposite is warned in every religious tradition, including Judeo-Christianity in those old testament prophets. The US oligarchs don’t want to learn any lessons from Latin American. Quite the contrary. They do not want contradictions to their out of date economics ideology, masked in their perversions of Calvinism and Neo-Platonism to confuse the plebes.
They do not want successful countries anywhere, which explains what Brzezinski did under Carter to Afghanistan, then on its way to becoming a successful independent secular Middl Eastern country proving socialist values can work in modern times. And they certainly want a destroyed Middle Class in the USA so they have no opposition to their absolute power, like their Robber Baron grandfathers.
By planck on June 27th, 2010 at 11:24 pm
I have to say, watching this man talk about how good a man chavez is angers me and sickens me. These are the things people come across while flipping through channels much like i did but the difference is that anyone who listens to this man, will agree with him and believe it, thus leaving people unaware of the actual situation in venezuela. I am not saying that he is lying, but just think if it this way, he emphasizes on the fact that he went straight to the source itself, he went to venezuela and snd spoke to the president, the man behind all the blame. Oliver Stone believes he got the real truth about president Chavez, that he is an honorable man, that he has changed venezuela for the best. But if you go up to a liar, a man with the least common sense ever possesec, with intensions to wipe out those that do not agree with him, a reference to hitler, a man who does nothing for the country itself or the people, but for himself and his benefit, if you go up to a man like thiand ask him to tell the truth, he will llie. I’m sorry you’ve been played like that but coming from a person that lived the decisions of Hugo Chavez since birth,seen the faces of the poor, felt the immense hope of the people and their efforts to save their beautiful Venezuela, fighting for their families, the hunger, witnessed those who close their eyes with trust to a man who has stolen their dignities by saying what they wanted to hear. Those who closef their eyes and shut their ears down too quickly are those who follow him, who fell for his trap like a snake would enchant a smaller aninal, mesmerize it only to snap once they have been hypnoticed into a state of trans. Before they know it, it’ too late and they are dead. My point is, if you think you are going to teach children, and adults unaware of the situation, think wisely on the generation we are creating. Do we want to teach our kids and ourselves to stand by and listen to words without an opinion other than nodding only to block out what really is happening? do we want that future for the next generations? or do we want toteach them to stand up for something, the ability to recognize right from wrong, and teach them to open their eyes at the slightest sound of a dictatorship? I am 16 years old and I am the source you want to talk to before publically speaking about what you believe is happening over seas by basing it on ine small trip there. I am venezuela, my people are venezuela, that man is not an honorable man, that man is the reflection of what happened when people were taught this way, by passing on what they hear, they are the reflection of the future you are promoting. You say Venezuela has changed for the better, grown financially, and grown as a country, but what else would you expect to hear from a liar, a power seeking dictator? really reflect upon that. that man believes deeply that half of the country, the half you probably want your children to be like, the valient half that have their own opinions about him and that do not agree, he believes and reminds the country constantly that they are not Venezuelans, thus taking their jobs from them and everything they treasure dearly in order to secretly force them to vote for the man. The people there have a chord tied around their neck everyday. And THAT is the blind side of the story Mr. Stone, THAT is what you want to promote to the upcoming generation and the previous ones, promote that standing up for yourself makes a difference and that they can’t belueve everything they hear, that they have to be smart before deciding what to believe themselves, promote to know right from wrong.
Thank you,
Andrea.
By andrea pelayo on June 29th, 2010 at 10:02 am