Chavez Slams Rich Nations at Copenhagen, Calls for Systemic Change to Save Planet

[IndianaGreen]

Chavez Slams Rich Nations at Copenhagen, Calls for Systemic Change to Save Planet

Caracas, December 16th 2009 (Venezuelanalysis.com) – During his speech to the 15th United Nations Climate Change Summit in Copenhagen, Denmark, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez slammed the “lack of political will” of the most powerful nations to take serious action to avert climate change, and called for systemic change to save the planet.

Chavez, who received a standing ovation for his speech, said the process in Copenhagen is “not democratic; it is not inclusive.” In particular, he criticised an attempt by rich countries to overturn the Kyoto Protocol. Doing so would eliminate differentiation between the obligations of rich and poor countries, treating countries from the Global North and South as equally responsible for climate change.

“There is a group of countries that believe they are superior to those of us from the South, to those of us from the Third Word… this does not surprise us… we are again faced with powerful evidence of global imperial dictatorship,” Chavez said.

The Venezuelan president also applauded the initiative of the protesters outside the summit who were calling for serious measures to stop catastrophic climate change.

“There are many people outside... I've read in the news that there were some arrests, some intense protests there in the streets of Copenhagen, and I salute all those people out there, the majority of them youth… They are young people concerned for the world’s future,” he said.

“I have been reading some of the slogans painted in the streets… One said, ‘Don’t Change the Climate, Change the System!’ – And I bring that on board for us. Let’s not change the climate. Let’s change the system! And as a consequence, we will begin to save the planet. Capitalism is a destructive development model that is putting an end to life, that threatens to put a definitive end to the human species.”

http://www.venezuelanalysis.com/news/5012

[paulsby]

1. bwahahahahahaha!

"Capitalism is a destructive development model that is putting an end to life, that threatens to put a definitive end to the human species.”


try swimming in the river volga recently? for a socialist to criticize capitalism as destructive to the environment is the height of hypocrisy.

[IndianaGreen]

2. Chavez: if the climate were a bank, the US would have bail it out

Viva Chavez!

[paulsby]

3. well, at least that one is funny

the only thing funnier (but unintentionally) is a socialist criticizing capitalism for being destructive to the environment.

[classysassy]

4. "The truth shall set you free"

The western media continue their attack against president chavez,because he speaks the truth about the evil acts of the evil doers from europe.