By Selwyn Duke

While Copenhagen seems poised to enjoy a white Christmas, an equally
noticeable color in the city was red, with flag-waving communists and
socialists protesting
and hoisting banners with messages such as “CAPITALISM MEANS WAR” and
“CAPITALISM ISN’T WORKING, Crush the system not the climate.” They were
well represented within the conference as well, with Venezuelan
President Hugo Chavez, Zimbabwean strongman Robert Mugabe and Bolivian
President Evo Morales all registering such sentiments. 

The limelight-lusting Chavez, who undermines his nation’s rule of law
and suppresses its press with equal vigor, spoke for four times longer
than his allotted five minutes, leaving plenty of time to bang his
communist drum. Reporting on the Venezuelan’s comments, ABC.net.au, wrote:

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