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| Chavez: Bush wouldn't let me take my henchmen |
| 2005-09-15 |
| Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Tuesday that U.S. authorities have denied visas to his security team, hampering his attendance at this week's U.N. summit in New York. U.S. Embassy officials denied Chavez' claim. "The United States is violating international accords ... they denied visas for my He said he was still considering whether to go to New York after the visas were allegedly denied for his bodyguards and the military chief of his security detail. He accused the U.S. government of attempting to undermine his participation at the U.N. summit, which begins Wednesday. No. We simply don't care. A spokesman for the U.S. Embassy in Caracas, Brian Penn, denied Chavez' claim, saying the embassy "has not denied any visas to members of the (Venezuelan) delegation going to New York for the U.N. meeting," But visiting Uncle Ernesto in Queens is right out. Meanwhile, the Venezuelan leader also accused the U.S. authorities of allegedly changing "at the last minute" the location where his plane was supposed to land. He called the move "intervention" in Venezuela's affairs. Giving clearance to a foreign government airplane to a US airport is "intervention in Venezuela's affairs." Right. Chavez said the alleged visa denials were particularly disturbing given the recent suggestion by American religious broadcaster Pat Robertson that he should be killed. Well, he should be, just not in any way traceable to the US. (Which means he should not be, I guess.) Chavez has repeatedly accused the U.S. government of backing a short-lived 2002 coup against him, and recently alleged that Washington was preparing an invasion on his South American nation - a key oil producer. U.S. officials have denied the claims as ridiculous He plays the buffon, and probably is one, but a Cuba with oil revenue would not be a good thing for peace in the Americas. |
| Posted by:Jackal |
| #6 Of course you can't take your goons, Hugo. That would make it so much harder for Bush to assassinate your paranoid ass... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2005-09-15 10:57 |
| #5 I'm all for him disappearing over the Atlantic at 33,000 feet. |
| Posted by: mmurray821 2005-09-15 10:39 |
| #4 I thought Pat was gonna'kill him anyway!! |
| Posted by: ARMYGUY 2005-09-15 09:30 |
| #3 Lol, RC. Try out some of that Buck Rogers hardware so it will be appropriately "mysterious". This punk is tiresome. |
| Posted by: .com 2005-09-15 07:33 |
| #2 Meanwhile, the Venezuelan leader also accused the U.S. authorities of allegedly changing "at the last minute" the location where his plane was supposed to land. He called the move "intervention" in Venezuela's affairs. Clear him all the way to LaGuardia. And shoot him down somewhere over the ocean. |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2005-09-15 07:29 |
| #1 I love it, as paranoid as he is (With reason) going without his bodyguards is the same as saying "Go Away" without actualy having to deny him entry. Didn't I hear about a very similar ploy used on Bush last year, the Secret service was told they had to leave their guns at the door (The SS told them to go to hell) |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2005-09-15 01:21 |