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| Latin America | |
| Chavez slams US meddling | |
| 2003-08-01 | |
Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez on Wednesday warned the United States not to meddle in his country's affairs following comments by a U.S. official about a possible referendum on his rule. "I have to remind the U.S. one more time that they have no right to express their opinion ... we are an independent country not a colony of north America," the president told thousands of cheering supporters during a street rally.
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| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #6 He's got to say something once in a while to burnish his nationalist credentials. Whether his statements actually bear any relationship to reality is a different matter. |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2003-8-1 7:06:55 PM |
| #5 What a thug. This guy has just ruined his country and doesn't want us to point that out. We should maybe tell him that this is a "good oppertunity to shut up". |
| Posted by: SPQR 2755 2003-8-1 12:41:11 PM |
| #4 "Not a colony of north America." That's a subtle threat to Canada if you ask me. |
| Posted by: Yank 2003-8-1 11:04:33 AM |
| #3 he has no right to express an opinion Tell me those aren't the words of a dictator. If dubbya said that, the Euro-press (and our own) would never let him live it down. Are they saying anything about Chavez? |
| Posted by: Mike N. 2003-8-1 8:59:39 AM |
| #2 Ahh...Hugo,Opinions are like a#$holes.Everybody has one and yours stinks. |
| Posted by: raptor 2003-8-1 8:53:24 AM |
| #1 Does Hugo miss his good friend Sammy? Poor little Hugo. This guy is such an iconoclast. You know he is just waiting for the chance to seize control of everything in his country. When is the next election scheduled and what are the odds that he'll cancel and or rig them when it's apparent that he's losing. I hope he learned a lesson from Fujimori - but probably not. |
| Posted by: Tokyo Taro 2003-8-1 6:19:43 AM |