By: Gregory WilpertSource: Venezuelanalysis.com According to Chavez,
this socialism would be different from the socialism of the 20th century. While
Chavez was vague about exactly how this new socialism would be different, he
implied it would not be a state socialism as was practiced in the Soviet Union
and Eastern Europe or as is practiced in Cuba today. Rather, it would be a
socialism that would be more pluralistic and less state-centered.
"We have assumed the
commitment to direct the Bolivarian Revolution towards socialism and to
contribute to the socialist path, with a new socialism, a socialism of the 21st
century, which is based in solidarity, in fraternity, in love, in justice, in
liberty, and in equality," said Chavez in another speech in mid 2006.[1] Also,
this …
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