Thursday, September 18, 2008
Report accuses Chávez of undermining democracy in Venezuela
September 12, Hugo Chavez ordered the US ambassador to Venezuela to leave his country. He accused the diplomat of conspiring against him and his adminstration and told him to leave within the following 72 hours. He also told his ambassador in the US to leave and return to Venezuela. He said that another US embassador would not be welcome in Venezuela, "until there is a US government that respects the people of Latin America." Hugo Chavez has always been kind of "out there" but this time, he may have stepped too far. The US is Venezuela's number one oil client and obviously now, diplomatic relations will be tight. To read more, click here.
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This is typical hot air by Hugo Chavez, which he feels compelled to do every so often to shore up his anti-US nationalist bona fides. But, I predict in a few weeks time, relations between the U.S. and Venezuela will be back on the path towards normalization.
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