Venezuela gov't lawmaker hurls gay slurs at foes

[Bacchus4.0]

Source: AP

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venomous political attacks have become the norm in Venezuela, and now a governing party legislator has unleashed a tirade in the country's legislature using gay slurs in trying to discredit the opposition.

The lawmaker displayed photos in the National Assembly on Tuesday showing a top aide to opposition leader Henrique Capriles dressed, along with other men, in women's clothing, apparently at a party. He suggested, without elaboration, that the photos proved the aide's involvement with drug traffickers and male and female prostitution.

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Carreno, a former military officer, is angry with Capriles for accusing him of being forced out of the armed forces for corruption and has challenged him to provide proof or resign as Miranda governor.

"Respond, you homosexual," Carreno said during Tuesday's legislative session. "Accept the challenge, you faggot."



Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/venezuela-govt-lawmaker-hurls-gay-slurs-foes-020017219.html

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Carreno is the CHavista congressman and Capriles is governor of Miranda state and was the opposition candidate for president.

[DetlefK]

1. A guy in drag at a party is proof that he deals drugs?

Okay, there a lot of sex-related stuff implied, but how does he get to drug-trafficking???

[msanthrope]

2. Any surprise? The President of Venezuela is a disgusting homophobe and state TV has

been used to make anti-gay comments against Capriles--

Thursday, March 14, 2013 MYT 11:45:02 PM
CARACAS (Reuters) - Remarks by acting President Nicolas Maduro that were widely perceived as a homophobic slur against opposition rival Henrique Capriles have further stirred Venezuela's acrimonious election campaign.

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Capriles, 40, was the target of racial and sexual innuendoes by the late leader Hugo Chavez's supporters throughout last year's presidential race: one cartoon shown on state media depicted him in pink shorts with a Nazi swastika on one arm.
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In a flurry of back-and-forth insults and accusations from both camps, Maduro appeared to revive last year's line of attack over Capriles' sexuality at a rally this week.

"I do have a wife, you know? I do like women!" said Maduro, who has also called Capriles "a little princess."

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Last year, a state TV commentator showed purported police documents saying Capriles had been found having sex in a car with another man.

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"A while back he called the opposition 'little gays'. As defenders of human rights, we protested and he apologized on that occasion," said the group's coordinator, Jose Ramon Merentes.

"Now he's relapsed and shown a homophobic attitude that seeks to appeal to Latin America's macho culture in order to denigrate the opposition candidate and take votes off him."

http://www.thestar.com.my/story.aspx?file=%2f2013%2f3%2f14%2fworldupdates%2fmacho-maduros-perceived-gay-slur-stirs-venezuela&sec=Worldupdates

[Bacchus4.0]

3. yep, nothing new from chavistas n/t

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[Nuclear Unicorn]

4. All proper-thinking people know this is a deliberate mistranslation by the CIA-controlled media

[davidpdx]

6. Yes

Because Venezuela and Russia are such kind places. Who knows maybe Venezuela will get the Olympics soon.

[Nuclear Unicorn]

7. They already turned down the opportunity to host the summper Olympics --

Yeah, apparently, Carreno was uncomfortable with the term "Pole Jump."

Totally true story. Swearsies!

[davidpdx]

8. That's a DUzy

I can see it now he's yelling "hey no pole jumping in the bathroom".

[iandhr]

5. Chavez could have called someone a f*g and some people here would have...

... defended him.

[msanthrope]

9. The anti-semitism and homophobia shown Capriles by Chavez, Maduro, and their allies was

quietly ignored here.

[dbackjon]

11. Yes - St. Hugo must never be defiled

[msanthrope]

12. Stuffed Hugo, you mean? He's been deified, not defiled.

Which is too bad--he apparently wanted a simple burial, but Maduro and crew decided on a shrine with his stuffed, embalmed body as the main attraction.

[Bacchus4.0]

13. still is obviously

they'll crawl out of sewer when Maduro makes another stupid accusation against the US

[msanthrope]

14. Well, America is the Great Satan to the farthest fringes of the political

spectrum, Left and Right.

[iandhr]

18. Not ignored

Defended

[dbackjon]

10. They are taking after their heroes in Russia

[Comrade Grumpy]

15. I'm sure glad we don't have any homophobic politicians here.

[tumtum]

16. Yes, we do,

but that's not what this thread is about, now is it?

This is about Venezuela's homophobic government.

[dbackjon]

19. And they don't usually get defended here

Unlike that homophobic politicians in Russia, Ven, Cuba, etc that get defended to the death.

[Dreamer Tatum]

17. Yet another in a long string of mistranslations, I'm sure nt

[MADem]

20. YOUTUBE reveals all!

¡Homosexual!, ¡Acepta el reto maricón! doesn't translate to "Have a nice day!" I don't think!!!

[Dreamer Tatum]

21. YouTube, owned by Google, is subject to manipulation by CIA voiceovers

Venezuelan leaders are as pure as the driven snow. This is just anti-Maduro agitprop.

[MADem]

22. Ha ha ha!

They're very good at it, aren't they? Better than the bad lip reading web site!