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2 articles of this author have been cited in the European Press Review so far.
Chávez has learned nothing from history
On his annual visit to Minsk on September 9, Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez suggested to Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko that their two countries should unite to become a single republic. The left-leaning daily Népszava comments: "If this were April we could pass it off as a joke. ... It very much seems that the Venezuelan president has learned nothing from the mistakes, blunders and tactical faux-pas committed by the politicians of socialist countries. Chávez tends to fall prey to the same extreme behaviour that was the undoing of his political and ideological predecessors. Much has changed in Eastern Europe since the collapse of the Soviet Union. What has not changed is the following: you can't construct a new, left-wing world on the basis of a failed schema."
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Saakashvili not concerned about tensions between Nato and Russia
The most recent military exercise in Georgia has strained relations between Russia and the West, the left-wing daily Népszava writes, and explores the reasons for the tensions. "Since the beginning of April the opposition in Georgia has been calling for head of state Mikheil Saakashvili to resign. … The mass demonstrations against the Georgian head of state were allegedly accompanied by a military uprising. Saakashvili called the military's rebellion a conspiracy against the government. And he also went as far as to accuse Russia of having actively supported the rebellion and planned to invade the Georgian capital Tiflis. … Russian diplomats described the accusations as preposterous and the Georgian opposition also talked of a circus. … Saakashvili is clearly playing a tactical game. To maintain his hold on power he has no qualms about causing tensions between Nato and Russia."
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