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From here: http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSN2540966820080325?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews&rpc=22&sp=true First the NY Times attacks him, now Chavez warns against him and his warlike ways. . . . I must say, I never thought Karl Rove was that smart, but with this bit of...

Chavez sends tanks to Colombia border in dispute by Saul Hudson Full Reuters Article

Well, maybe residents of the former communist nations, but why should Venezuelans be expected to learn from history. Article Excerpt: The lines for basic foods at subsidized prices are paradoxical for an oil-rich nation that in many ways is a land of plenty. Shopping malls are bustling, new car...

Randi wrote: "I really think that any other TV authority anywhere in the civilized world - with the exception of Venezuela, as we've recently learned - would be not only alarmed, but seriously concerned about such blatant bowdlerization, ..." What has Randi learned about TV authorities in...

Link "Huge profits." Love it. When (not if) Chavez takes over the banks, I think we'll see them nasty old huge profits go away. They'll go to Costa Rica or to the US or to China, where people actually understand how money works (think how inconceiveable having "China" in that sentence would have...

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I was reading the BBC site this morning "President Hugo Chavez has pledged to nationalise key Venezuelan companies, as part of plans to transform the country into a full socialist state." And I was wondering why, someone who plans to use the full power of the state to gather power into the...

Thoughts? Chavez seems to have won election fair and square. But his own constitution limits him to two 6 year terms: this is his second one. How can the world ensure that he steps down after his second term so that good governance can supercede individual charisma? I think the best way is to...

Chavez seems to have become our newest brown-faced nemesis from the South, gunning for Castro's role, complete with getting cheered by a harlem church and becoming a darling of part of the American Left. But surely there are Venezuelans, as brown as him, who are critics of the less democratic...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060323/wl_nm/venezuela_usa_dc_2 "CARACAS, Venezuela (Reuters) - Venezuela's government has accused U.S. immigration authorities of protecting a Cuban exile who Caracas wants extradited to face trial for a 1976 plane bombing that killed 73 people. A U.S. judge...

WHAT the ----?? http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/americas/08/09/chavez.invasion.ap/index.html Any particular reason this guy feels a need to pound on our kneecap like a bratty little kid and babble incoherently? Anyone? Bueller? Bueller?

Peace will come to Venezuela now. Really! But, wait: What happened to an armed militia, fighting for independence? Nah.... As long as we have a lot of guns in society, we won't have uprisings or violence. Everyone is just so much safer. Really.

This is from August, well before the current shouting match, so it's probably safe to say it was not written with partisan bias in mind. http://www.usnews.com/usnews/opinion/baroneweb/mb_040820.htm Interestingly, the Mitofsky outfit mentioned is the outfit that conducted the exit polls for the...

Facing an inconvient recall ballaot? Just confiscate the citizens' guns! http://quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000087&sid=aGroCXyneMJs&refer=top_world_news