Venezuela's Chavez Hits Back at U.S. Before Summit
11.01.2004 [12:47]
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez told the United States on Saturday to stop "sticking its nose" in his country's affairs in a scathing rebuttal of U.S. criticism days before a regional summit.
Venezuela's Chavez Hits Back at U.S. Before Summit
11.01.2004 [12:47]
11.01.2004 [12:47]
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez told the United States on Saturday to stop "sticking its nose" in his country's affairs in a scathing rebuttal of U.S. criticism days before a regional summit.
Venezuela's Chavez Hits Back at U.S. Before Summit
11.01.2004 [12:47]
Venezuela's Chavez Hits Back at U.S. Before Summit
11.01.2004 [12:47]
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez told the United States on Saturday to stop "sticking its nose" in his country's affairs in a scathing rebuttal of U.S. criticism days before a regional summit.
Venezuela's Chavez Hits Back at U.S. Before Summit
11.01.2004 [12:47]
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez told the United States on Saturday to stop "sticking its nose" in his country's affairs in a scathing rebuttal of U.S. criticism days before a regional summit.
In one of his most hard-hitting outbursts against President Bush's administration, the left-wing leader rejected recent statements by U.S. officials attacking his ties with communist Cuba and urging him to submit to a referendum.
"The United States has no business sticking its nose into Venezuela. Let it look after its own problems," Chavez said in a speech in Caracas.
He and Bush will be among more than 30 leaders from the hemisphere attending the two-day Summit of the Americas starting on Monday in Monterrey, Mexico.
Relations between populist Chavez and the United States, the biggest buyer of Venezuelan oil, have been strained by his criticism of the U.S.-led wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Chavez has also repeatedly rebuffed Washington's criticism of his self-styled "revolution" in Venezuela, which some U.S. officials say is threatening democracy in the world's No. 5 oil exporter.
In his tirade against U.S. critics on Saturday, he singled out U.S. national security adviser Condoleezza Rice, calling her "a real illiterate."
Rice on Friday condemned Chavez's political alliance with Cuban President Fidel Castro and urged the Venezuelan leader not to block an opposition bid to hold a constitutional referendum this year on whether he should remain in office.
"What the devil do you have to do with a referendum in Venezuela?" Chavez said, responding to Rice.
"What happens here in Venezuela is the business of Venezuelans and nobody else on the planet," added the former paratrooper, who was elected in 1998.
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Peace. jamie
11.01.2004 [12:47]
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez told the United States on Saturday to stop "sticking its nose" in his country's affairs in a scathing rebuttal of U.S. criticism days before a regional summit.
Venezuela's Chavez Hits Back at U.S. Before Summit
11.01.2004 [12:47]
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez told the United States on Saturday to stop "sticking its nose" in his country's affairs in a scathing rebuttal of U.S. criticism days before a regional summit.
In one of his most hard-hitting outbursts against President Bush's administration, the left-wing leader rejected recent statements by U.S. officials attacking his ties with communist Cuba and urging him to submit to a referendum.
"The United States has no business sticking its nose into Venezuela. Let it look after its own problems," Chavez said in a speech in Caracas.
He and Bush will be among more than 30 leaders from the hemisphere attending the two-day Summit of the Americas starting on Monday in Monterrey, Mexico.
Relations between populist Chavez and the United States, the biggest buyer of Venezuelan oil, have been strained by his criticism of the U.S.-led wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Chavez has also repeatedly rebuffed Washington's criticism of his self-styled "revolution" in Venezuela, which some U.S. officials say is threatening democracy in the world's No. 5 oil exporter.
In his tirade against U.S. critics on Saturday, he singled out U.S. national security adviser Condoleezza Rice, calling her "a real illiterate."
Rice on Friday condemned Chavez's political alliance with Cuban President Fidel Castro and urged the Venezuelan leader not to block an opposition bid to hold a constitutional referendum this year on whether he should remain in office.
"What the devil do you have to do with a referendum in Venezuela?" Chavez said, responding to Rice.
"What happens here in Venezuela is the business of Venezuelans and nobody else on the planet," added the former paratrooper, who was elected in 1998.
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The above post was taken from www.iraqwar.ru
Peace. jamie
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