Cahaya's Rants

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) – Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has praised Sean Penn for his critical stance against the war in Iraq, saying the two chatted by phone and soon plan to meet in person.
Chavez said Penn traveled to Venezuela this week wanting to learn more about the situation in the country and walked around some of Caracas’ poor barrios on his own.

“Welcome to Venezuela, Mr. Penn. What drives him is consciousness, the search for new paths,” Chavez said Wednesday in a televised speech. “He’s one of the greatest opponents of the Iraq invasion.”

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There is no dictator that liberal Hollywood types, like Sean Penn, do not like. Especially if the dictator is anti-Bush and anti-Iraq war.

Sean Penn has the right to criticize the Bush administration and whatever he likes in the US and no one will stop him from doing it. That freedom of speech Venezuelans cannot take for granted because a dictator like Chavez will see to it that any opposition to his rule will be quickly shut down. Venezuela’s RCTV knows what it means to allow opposition voices on its broadcast. It’s broadcast license was not renewed.

Sean Penn should know better, but his hatred for Bush has clouded his judgement and instead he sees a soul mate in Chavez who is a fellow Bush hater.