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2006-06-26 Caribbean-Latin America

Chavez Plans to Meet With North Korea's Kim Jong-il

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Posted by Steve 2006-06-26 09:56|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Find out the date and we could have a 2fer1 when we knock out that missle!!!

Posted by ARMYGUY 2006-06-26 10:38|| 2006-06-26 10:38|| Front Page Top

#2 "Hugo Chavez, the virulently anti-U.S. president of Venezuela who is seeking a seat on the U.N. Security Council..."

Another damn good reason to ditch the Useless Nations.

Posted by Dave D.">Dave D. 2006-06-26 11:03|| 2006-06-26 11:03|| Front Page Top

#3 although Chavez "still has a lot of oil money and a lot of influence," democracies of Latin America were starting to speak up about Venezuela "infringing on their own democratic process,"

Good that they have noticed.

Posted by trailing wife 2006-06-26 11:09|| 2006-06-26 11:09|| Front Page Top

#4 Hugo sure knows how to pick winners.

Posted by Alaska Paul">Alaska Paul 2006-06-26 11:22|| 2006-06-26 11:22|| Front Page Top

#5 Chavez probably wants to be there when the NKor missile is launched.

Posted by mhw 2006-06-26 12:46|| http://hypocrisy-incorporated.blogspot.com/]">[http://hypocrisy-incorporated.blogspot.com/] 2006-06-26 12:46|| Front Page Top

#6 Hugo better be careful. Kimmie might want some ballast for his rocket, and from the looks of him, Hugo weighs about as much as 3 Nork "volunteers" would...

Posted by BigEd 2006-06-26 15:51|| 2006-06-26 15:51|| Front Page Top

#7 Hugo has oil, plus contacts with both the Chinese and the Iranians.

Kimmie has nukes.

Hugo also has currency that can buy and smuggle in food etc. which NORK needs badly.

Worth watching carefully.

Posted by lotp 2006-06-26 16:01|| 2006-06-26 16:01|| Front Page Top

#8 Maybe he just heard that Kimmie's so ronery.

Posted by Xbalanke 2006-06-26 16:45|| 2006-06-26 16:45|| Front Page Top

#9 Hugo also has currency that can buy and smuggle in food etc. which NORK needs badly.

Food isn't embargoed to Norks is it? All they need is money to buy it. Hugo has a some, but not near as much as one might think. He's having to pay the Beard a lot of heavy oil to keep the missions going, which in turn help keep him in power. And BTW how's that new viaduct coming along?

Posted by 6 2006-06-26 16:58|| 2006-06-26 16:58|| Front Page Top

#10 Food isn't interdicted, but the official NORK ideology rejects any use of foreign currencies or participation in trade.

"Official", note. But deadly serious, which is why they have to resort to weapons and drugs, plus counterfeiting, to get the currency they need for some key supplies.

It's true that Chavez has drawn billions out of the Venezuelan economy. But he DID get that permission to divert $12billion from oil and public proceeds to the President's discretion fund, and I don't think he's exhausted it yet.

There's a lot more serious mischief he can foster before he is done. Remember those 20,000 blank official passports that got "misplaced" a few years ago in Caracas. Add in a new alliance with Iran. Do you really want him trading oil for nuclear technology too?

Posted by lotp 2006-06-26 17:47|| 2006-06-26 17:47|| Front Page Top

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