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WASHINGTON - The United States stopped trying to be polite Friday in an escalating diplomatic shoving match with the populist leaders of Venezuela and Bolivia. Washington slapped new sanctions on three aides close to Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and called him weak and desperate. The Venezuelan ambassador got the boot for good measure, a move that was purely for show. Chavez had already brought his man home. "Those who shout the loudest are not making the real news in the Americas," State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said after Chavez used bathroom profanity to accuse the Americans of meddling in Latin America. The rupture began Wednesday when Bolivian President Evo Morales expelled the U.S. ambassador there, accusing him of inciting violent protests. Chavez followed suit Thursday, accusing the "U.S. empire" of helping plot a coup against him. He later gave the American ambassador 72 hours to quit the country. |
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Just in time for elections. Remember a similar thing happened last time?
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Key Chavez opponent faces charges Prosecutors in Venezuela summon one of the main opposition leaders, Manuel Rosales, to face corruption charges. Ref. Source 7 |
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I hope that Chavez does not get his wishes to stay on. There must be a change in the Presidency, 10 years is enough.
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Venezuela to vote on term limits Venezuelans are to vote on whether to allow President Hugo Chavez and other officials to seek as many terms as they wish. Ref. Source 4 |
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Sorry to disappoint you but he go his way and won. Now this means not only can he be re-elected again and again, but also any public official. Lots of room to form a dictatorship. Cuba is forming in Venezuela.
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