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| Chavez Warns U.S. to Stop 'Intervening' | |
| 2004-04-19 | |
| CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez threatened to stop selling oil to the United States if Washington doesn't stop "intervening in Venezuela's domestic affairs." "In (President) Bush's case, he should cease the madness of directly intervening Venezuela's internal affairs. That would spark a conflict here, and it would be absurd to continue selling oil to them," Chavez told the Italian newspaper Liberazione in comments published Sunday by Venezuela's state news agency, Venpres. Chavez did not specify what he meant by "directly intervening." In the past, he has Washington repeatedly denies the Chavez previously threatened to stop selling oil to the United States only if it invaded or blockaded Venezuela. Venezuela, the world's fifth biggest oil exporter, provides about 15 percent of U.S. oil imports, and the United States is the biggest importer of Venezuelan oil.
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| Posted by:Steve White |
| #4 Bush has done a good job in not taking the bait. I'll check Boucher's breifing and see if it came up. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2004-04-19 8:51:16 PM |
| #3 chavez must one of those foriegn leaders kerry is talking about.... this is digusting how kerry is trying to have leaders of foriengn countries interfer in our politics. if Bush tried to interfer in another countries election the left would pounce! |
| Posted by: Dan 2004-04-19 11:30:48 AM |
| #2 Hey, Hugo! If we decided to "intervene", you'd know. Until then, STFU! Actually, he's making these noises to endear himself to anti-American sentiment. For those folks, he doesn't need evidence, just the right words. I figure he'll be called a "great statesman" by a Democrat sometime this summer, if it hasn't already happened. |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2004-04-19 8:20:29 AM |
| #1 If ever there were a place that justified direct US intervention, it's Venezuela. Chavez is just another Noriega with pretensions. The fact that he's been allowed to pervert Venezuela's democracy has been a destabilizing factor for all of South America. Castro is going to die soon of old age, but Hugo and Lula could use a little help shuffling off this mortal coil. |
| Posted by: RWV 2004-04-19 2:50:58 AM |