Socialism a Hard Sell for Some Venezuelans
AP - The shopping mall is a blur of Guess jeans, Louis Vuitton purses and Motorola cell phones, a temple of consumerism in a country that is supposed to be on a path toward socialism. So popular is the Sambil Mall that "Sambil society" has become a derogatory term in the Venezuelan socialist vocabulary. Reject it and build a fairer Venezuela, President Hugo Chavez urges his nation of 25 million people.
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CHAVEZ WARNS U.S. AGAINST INVASION
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Thursday that his government is preparing for a possible U.S. invasion, and he warned that such "aggression"
would send gasoline prices in the United States soaring.
Ref. https://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/americas/10/...z.ap/index.html
I still cannot conceive the US invading Venezuela, but then again nothing is impossible and Chavez really seems to have nightmares over it:
VENEZUELAN TROOPS STAGE MOCK INVASION
Camouflaged soldiers jumped from boats into the surf and waded ashore in a mock assault Thursday, the latest in a series of Venezuelan military exercises preparing for a U.S. invasion that President Hugo Chavez warns could come.
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I still cannot conceive the US invading Venezuela, but then again nothing is impossible and Chavez really seems to have nightmares over it:
VENEZUELAN TROOPS STAGE MOCK INVASION
Camouflaged soldiers jumped from boats into the surf and waded ashore in a mock assault Thursday, the latest in a series of Venezuelan military exercises preparing for a U.S. invasion that President Hugo Chavez warns could come.
Ref. https://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/americas/11/...n.ap/index.html
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EDITORIAL: HEED THE CRY FROM ARGENTINA
At the Summit of the Americas in Argentina, a rock star welcome awaited Venezuela's leftist president, Hugo Chavez, while jeers and hisses greeted President Bush. The contrast showed that the United States still has a lot of spade work left to do south of the border.
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Belafonte Calls Bush 'Greatest Terrorist'
CARACAS, Venezuela - The American singer and activist Harry Belafonte called
President Bush "the greatest terrorist in the world" on Sunday and said millions of Americans support the socialist revolution of Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez.
Ref. https://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060109/ap_en_...zuela_belafonte
CHAVEZ ATTACKS U.S. BLOCK ON SPANISH AIRCRAFT DEAL
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Friday blasted a United States' block on a Spanish military deal with his government as "horrific imperialism" and an attack against his socialist revolution.
Ref. https://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/americas/01/...reut/index.html
I really have to wonder what the end to this is... the man is an elected official, he is not operating like Saddam, at least not in the open, so what does the US want really? He has a voice and the people seem to be backing him, the US just has to stand down really.
TIT FOR TAT: U.S. AND VENEZUELA TRADE EXPULSIONS AND SLURS
In a new low for U.S.-Venezuelan relations, populist president Hugo Chavez has ordered a U.S. naval attache out of the South American country, accusing him of talking up the idea of a military coup.
Ref. https://www.cbc.ca/story/world/national/200...-tat060203.html
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