UMongameli Hugo Chavez waseVenezuela namuhla uzoba inhloko yesibili yezwe - ngemuva kweNdlovukazi - ukwamukelwa eHholo Ledolobha laseLondon. Uma kukhulunywa ngoguquko lwezenhlalo olwenzeka eVenezuela, izimfanelo zezombangazwe ngokuvamile ezidingekayo emhlabeni wethu ongaphelele zingabekelwa eceleni. Kucace bha ukuthi kuluphi uhlangothi ilungelo nobulungiswa. Iminyaka eminingi abantu bafuna ukuthi inqubekelaphambili yezenhlalakahle kanye nentando yeningi kuhambisane, futhi yilokho kanye okwenzekayo manje eVenezuela.
Ngakho-ke ifanele ukwesekwa ngokungananazi kwabo bonke abasekeli benqubekelaphambili yezenhlalakahle kuphela kodwa wonke umuntu okholelwa ngempela kuntando yeningi emhlabeni. I-Venezuela iyisimo esinomnotho omkhulu kawoyela obungakasetshenziswa kuze kube manje ukuze kuzuze abantu. Manje, ngokokuqala ngqa ezweni elinabantu abangaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-25, kwakhiwa insiza yezempilo esebenzayo. Abantu abayizigidi eziyishumi nesikhombisa bathole ukufinyelela ekunakekelweni kwezempilo kwamahhala okokuqala ngqa ezimpilweni zabo. Ukungakwazi ukufunda nokubhala kuqediwe. Abantu abayizigidi eziyishumi nanhlanu banikezwe ukufinyelela kokudla, imithi kanye neminye imikhiqizo ebalulekile ngamanani akholekayo. Ingxenye yesine yesigidi inikezwe ukuhlinzwa kwamehlo ukuhlenga abantu ebumpumputheni. Lezi yizimpumelelo ezingokoqobo ezimangalisayo.
Akumangazi-ke ukuthi uChavez nabalandeli bakhe sebenqobe okhethweni oluyi-10 eminyakeni eyisishiyagalombili. Lokhu kunqoba kuzuzwe naphezu kwemithombo yezindaba yangasese elawulwa kakhulu abamelene nohulumeni. Nokho ukuvakasha kukaChavez kuhlangatshezwane nezimangalo ezingenangqondo zezishoshovu zamalungelo ezithi uwuhlobo oluthile londlovukayiphikiswa.
Abamelene nentando yeningi yilabo abahlela ukuketulwa umbuso kuka-Chavez, abathwebule ifilimu kudokhumentari engajwayelekile ethi The Revolution Will Not Be Televised. Ifilimu eshintsha izimpilo ngokoqobo. Ngenhlanhla, ithimba likamabonakude lalisesigodlweni sikamongameli ngesikhathi kuketulwa umbuso ngo-April 2002 ngokumelene noChavez. Yayithwebula umzuzu nomzuzu izehlakalo ezenzekayo.
Oshayasibhamu be-Anti-Chavez, ngokubambisana nabagqugquzeli bokuketula umbuso, bavulele ngenhlamvu bebhikishela uChavez. Njengoba izibhamu ziyinsakavukela umchilo wesidwaba eVenezuela, abanye esixukwini baphinde badubula. Iziteshi zikamabonakude zaseMelika zisebenzise lezi zithombe ngokuhlela ukuqhuma kwesibhamu okuqondiswe esixukwini sikaChavez ukuze sithi ababhikishi abamelene noChavez bahlaselwe.
Isigidi sabantu singene emigwaqweni yaseCaracas sifuna ukukhululwa kukaChavez. Isikhathi lapho amasosha elahla abaholi beqembu futhi ayokweseka ababhikishi siboniswa efilimini.
Kuwuphawu lokuthi iqembu elincane likaDavid Cameron leConservative selishintshe kanjani ukuthi iLondon Tories iduba umhlangano wanamuhla noChavez. Lokhu kuphambene, vele, nokuthatha isikhathi eside kukaTories umhlukumezi obulala uGeneral Augusto Pinochet. Ukuze bathethelele isikhundla sabo baqhathanisa uChavez noStalin. Ngezinye izikhathi kuyadingeka ukukhetha okuncane kokubi okubili. IBrithani yalwa noStalin ngokumelene noHitler. Kodwa ngoChavez ukukhetha akunzima nhlobo. Womabili wenza uhlelo oluqhubekayo futhi lokho ukwenza ngokwegunya lebhokisi lokuvota.
Ukwenqaba kukaGeorge Bush ukuhlonipha ukukhetha kwabantu baseVenezuela kukhombisa ukuthi abaphathi bakhe abanayo nhlobo intshisekelo yokuthuthukisa intando yeningi.
Kusukela ngo-1973 ukuketulwa umbuso okwaletha u-Pinochet emandleni lapho abantu babhekane nokukhetha okucacile noma okubaluleke kakhulu kwamazwe ngamazwe. EVenezuela izigidi zithwele kanzima ukuze zikhiphe izwe lazo ebuphofini. Lokhu bakwenza ngezindlela ezingelinye lamazwe abusa ngentando yeningi emhlabeni. Zombili ziyakhuthaza.
Namuhla iVenezuela iphikiswa kakhulu ngesisekelo samanga. Kufanele siqinisekise ukuthi abantu baseVenezuela akufanele babhekane nokubi kakhulu. Kungumsebenzi wabo bonke abantu abeseka inqubekelaphambili, ubulungiswa kanye nentando yeningi ukuma neVenezuela.
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