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In the News (Wed 25 Nov 09)

  
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Chavez believes he is in a fight with the devil.
Chavez calls the United States the world's greatest menace and says he simply wishes to be left alone to do his work.
Chavez said, "The U.S. administration is behind the opposition in Venezuela, and Mr.
www.cbn.com /cbnnews/news/050531a.aspx   (1389 words)

  
  BBC NEWS | World | Americas | Profile: Hugo Chavez
Hugo Chavez has seen his fortunes swing dramatically from success to failure and back again since his landslide victory in Venezuela's 1998 presidential election.
Eight months on, Mr Chavez is facing his fourth national strike this year - one that is threatening to severely disrupt the country's economy.
Hugo Chavez promised "revolutionary" social policies, and constantly abused the "predatory oligarchs" of the establishment as corrupt servants of international capital.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/americas/1925236.stm   (704 words)

  
 Venezuela - News - Hugo Chavez - Human Rights Violations | www.vcrisis.com
The biggest looser of the tragicomedy, fortunately, is Hugo Chavez: a president that, not content with allowing Venezuela to become Colombia's cocaine produce launching pad, offers oil, funds, weapons, refuge, political support and state contracts to a narcoterrorist organization, effectively becoming a de facto advocate for drug dealing terrorists.
It must be borne in mind though that indefinite reelection was meant to be a possibility which solely the president of the country could, exclusively, benefit from, for no other democratically elected public servant, be it governors, majors, deputies, councilmen, etc. could have run for additional terms had the reform been approved.
Moreover President Chavez is on the record expressing that emergence of caudillos had to be avoided at all costs.
vcrisis.com /index.php?content=home   (3622 words)

  
 Hugo Chavez - SourceWatch
Hugo Chavez was "resoundingly reelected" as Venezuela's president on Sunday, December 3, 2006, "setting the scene for a promised 'deepening' of his socialist revolution and a broader role as leftist lightning rod on the world stage," Chris Kraul reported in the Los Angeles Times.
Chavez has threatened to cut off oil exports to the US if the Bush Administration does not stop interfering in his country, and has called George W. Bush a "pendejo" (asshole) for his support of the Hatian Coup which overthrew the democraticaly elected President Aristide.
Chavez has since announced that any attempt on his life would be the work of George W. Bush, and offered to sell oil to the poor of America at cheap rates.
www.sourcewatch.org /index.php?title=Hugo_Chavez   (494 words)

  
 The Online NewsHour: Hugo Chavez's Venezuela | Hugo Chavez -- December 21, 2006 | PBS
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is an unusual statesman, infamous for his antics: calling President Bush "the devil" in September 2006 when speaking before the United Nations and saying the General Assembly still smelled of "sulfur" a day after he left.
Chavez was born to two primary-school teachers of limited means in the countryside of the interior plains of Venezuela.
Chavez's introduction to Marxist ideology was nurtured from adolescence; veteran communist Jose Esteban Ruiz Guevara, father to two of his close friends in secondary school, provided him with works from his personal library.
www.pbs.org /newshour/indepth_coverage/latin_america/venezuela/keyplayers/chavez.html   (1178 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | World | Americas | Profile: Hugo Chavez
Hugo Chavez, who came to power in 1998, has been the subject of adulation and loathing both at home and abroad ever since.
Mr Chavez promised "revolutionary" social policies, and constantly abused the "predatory oligarchs" of the establishment as corrupt servants of international capital.
Mr Chavez is renowned for his flamboyant public speaking style, which he puts to use in his weekly live TV programme, Alo Presidente (Hello President), in which he talks about his political ideas, interviews guests and sings and dances.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/americas/3517106.stm   (964 words)

  
 CNN.com - Chavez: Bush 'devil'; U.S. 'on the way down' - Sep 20, 2006
Chavez accused Bush of having spoken "as if he owned the world" and said a psychiatrist could be called to analyze the statement.
Chavez held up a book by Noam Chomsky on imperialism and said it encapsulated his arguments: "The American empire is doing all it can to consolidate its hegemonistic system of domination, and we cannot allow him to do that.
Chavez called the veto power shared by the five permanent members of the Security Council "anti-democratic," and cited the U.S. veto of a resolution that would have demanded the Israelis halt their bombing of Lebanon this summer.
www.cnn.com /2006/WORLD/americas/09/20/chavez.un/index.html   (947 words)

  
 Hugo Chavez News - The New York Times
Hugo Chavez is a Venezuelan soldier-turned-politician who harnessed soaring oil revenues and simmering class resentments to make himself the hub of anti-American sentiment in Latin America.
Chavez led a failed coup in 1992 against the government, which had traditionally represented the interests of the country's monied elite.
Chavez blamed the Bush administration for the incident, and his rhetoric became steadily stronger, especially after he survived a recall election in 2004.
topics.nytimes.com /top/reference/timestopics/people/c/hugo_chavez/index.html?inline=nyt-per   (1035 words)

  
 Hugo Chavez
Chavez was elected President in 1998 on promises of aiding Venezuela's poor majority, and was reelected in 2000 and 2006.
La Cadena is the Chavez forced television and radio broadcast to the nation on April 11, 2002, it also documents the events as they unfolded on the street of Venezuela which led to the "coup" or non-signed resignation of Hugo Chavez.
This documentary is the cadena given by Hugo Chavez that day and also documents the events on the street during its broadcast, which were mostly not seen by Venezuelans at home due to the forced media flout by the government.
www.mazalien.com /hugo-chavez.html   (2174 words)

  
 Hugo Chavez, Dictator of the Month June, 2005
Hugo Chávez was born on 28 July 1954 to an poor family near the eastern slopes of the Andes Mountains in the small town of Sabaneta in the state of Barinas, Venezuela.
Hugo's childhood was not an easy one, and his mother cruelly beat him regularly to the extent that his grandmother Rosines would have to hide him in a cabinet to protect him from her wrath.
Young Hugo earned money in his childhood by walking the streets of the town and selling homemade candy; the family stayed in Sabaneta, where both his primary and secondary schooling was completed.
www.dictatorofthemonth.com /Chavez/Jun2005ChavezEN.htm   (2076 words)

  
  Visiting Hugo - Kommersant Moscow
Hugo Chavez is a born showman who chafes at the restrictions of the television studio in the presidential palace.
Chavez called in to the studio like any other citizen, he still talked just as much as when he himself sat in the studio and hosted the program.
Hugo Chavez is still lavishing attention on the program that aided him so much in establishing total control over the country.
www.kommersant.com /p748917/Dmitry_Medvedev_internet_conference   (1842 words)

  
  Hugo Chávez - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías (IPA: ['uɰo rafa'el 'tʃaβes 'fɾias]) (born July 28, 1954) is the 53rd
Chávez was born on July 28, 1954 in the town of Sabaneta, Barinas.
The second son of two schoolteachers, Hugo de los Reyes Chávez and Elena Frías de Chávez, he is of mixed Amerindian, African, and Spanish descent.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hugo_Chavez   (8729 words)

  
 Why War? Keywords: Hugo Chavez   (Site not responding. Last check: )
He is not the man to bring peace to the Middle East." Hugo Chavez, elected president of Venezuela with 62% of the popular vote, concurred wi...
Shortly before President Hugo Chavez was ousted April 12 — only to return to power two days later — U.S. offici...
Hugo Chávez Frías (born July 28, 1954) is President of Venezuela.
www.why-war.com /encyclopedia/people/Hugo_Chavez   (1799 words)

  
 Hugo Chavez Frias   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Hugo Chavez is elected president, beating Henrique Salas Romer, a Yale-educated former governor of Carabobo state.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez alleges that “a plane with US registration numbers was at an army airstrip on Venezuela’s Orchila Island, one of five places he was held in captivity during his brief removal from power,” reports the BBC.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez claims he has proof of US military involvement in the events that took place in April, claiming “he has radar images showing a foreign military vessel, a plane and a helicopter violating the country’s waters and air space during the failed coup,” reports the BBC.
www.cooperativeresearch.org /entity.jsp?entity=hugo_chavez_frias   (2571 words)

  
 American Thinker: Why the MSM Love Fest for Hugo Chavez?
Hugo Chavez is just the latest in a long line of left wing thugs to capture the hearts of elite journalists.
As Hugo Chavez completes his plan to end democracy, free speech and free enterprise in Venezuela there has been a spate of articles that are wrapping this revolution in a positive glow.
Chavez's government paid to fly Granados and about 110 other Salvadorans to Venezuela where, free of charge, their cataracts were removed and other eye ailments were corrected by government-employed physicians.
www.americanthinker.com /2007/06/why_the_msm_love_fest_for_hugo.html   (758 words)

  
 Hugo Chavez Biography (Political Leader/President of Venezuela) — Infoplease.com
Hugo Chavez was elected president of Venezuela in 1998 and took office 2 February 1999.
Chavez was a career military man who formed a revolutionary force within the Venezuelan army and led a failed attempt to overthrow President Carlos Andres Perez in 1992.
Hugo Chávez, 2002 People in the News - Hugo Chávez, firebrand president of Venezuela, was forced to resign in April after 12 people...
www.infoplease.com /biography/var/hugochavez.html   (469 words)

  
 Chavez loses constitutional vote - Venezuela- msnbc.com
Chavez told reporters at the presidential palace that the outcome of Sunday’s balloting had taught him that “Venezuelan democracy is maturing.” His respect for the verdict, he asserted, proves he is a true democratic leader.
Chavez, who was briefly ousted in a failed 2002 coup, blamed the loss on low turnout among the very supporters who re-elected him a year ago with 63 percent of the vote.
Chavez blamed the loss on low turnout among the very supporters who re-elected him a year ago with 63 percent of the vote.
www.msnbc.msn.com /id/22066948   (710 words)

  
 Chavez promises a socialist Venezuela as he starts new 6-year term - USATODAY.com
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — President Hugo Chavez echoed Fidel Castro's cry of "socialism or death" as he was sworn in for a new six-year term on Wednesday, promising to accelerate Venezuela's transformation into a socialist state.
Chavez took the oath of office at the National Assembly after a sweeping re-election victory that has given him free reign to pursue more radical changes, including plans to nationalize power and telecommunications companies.
Chavez, who was traveling to Nicaragua later Wednesday to attend the inauguration of fellow leftist Daniel Ortega, said he does not aim to copy Cuba's system.
www.usatoday.com /news/world/2007-01-10-chavez-venezuela_x.htm?csp=34   (923 words)

  
 Hugo Chavez: News & Videos about Hugo Chavez - CNN.com
Hugo Chavez's arms build-up in Venezuela is goading the Brazilians into upgrading their own military.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Wednesday denied he bowed to voters' rejection of a referendum only at the prodding by the military and said he would continue to push for sweeping constitutional changes.
Anti-American socialist Hugo Chavez said his claimed victory in the Venezuelan presidential election was "another defeat for the devil" after the bulk of returns showed him leading challenger Manuel Rosales by a wide margin.
topics.cnn.com /topics/hugo_chavez   (2402 words)

  
 Hugo Chavez: News & Videos about Hugo Chavez - CNN.com
Hugo Chavez's arms build-up in Venezuela is goading the Brazilians into upgrading their own military.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Wednesday denied he bowed to voters' rejection of a referendum only at the prodding by the military and said he would continue to push for sweeping constitutional changes.
Anti-American socialist Hugo Chavez said his claimed victory in the Venezuelan presidential election was "another defeat for the devil" after the bulk of returns showed him leading challenger Manuel Rosales by a wide margin.
topics.edition.cnn.com /topics/hugo_chavez   (2490 words)

  
 Hugo Chavez: A Who2 Profile
Hugo Chavez was elected president of Venezuela in 1998 and took office 2 February 1999.
Chavez was a career military man who formed a revolutionary force within the Venezuelan army and led a failed attempt to overthrow President Carlos Andres Perez in 1992.
A parliamentary election in late 2005, boycotted by some opponents, gave Chavez supporters control of the National Assembly, and on 3 December 2006 he was easily re-elected to another six-year term.
www.who2.com /hugochavez.html   (294 words)

  
 Hugo Chavez's brother among ruling party nominees in Venezuela -- Parties and Movements, Hugo Chavez -- South Florida ...
Caracas, Venezuela - A television talk show host, a former mayor of Caracas and President Hugo Chavez's older brother are among the winners of the ruling party's primary.
Chavez's brother Adan will be the party's gubernatorial candidate in their home state of Barinas, where their father is now governor.
Venezuela's fractured opposition is hoping to unite to hand Chavez his second electoral loss in November, after defeating proposed constitutional reforms last year that would have scrapped term limits and let Chavez run for re-election indefinitely.
www.sun-sentinel.com /news/local/caribbean/sfl-0602venezuela,0,4984545.story?track=rss   (229 words)

  
 Hugo Chavez - Conservapedia
Hugo Chávez is a great friend of Cuban leader Fidel Castro and is said to have drawn his political style through influences such as Che Guevara, Karl Marx and Simon Bolivar.
Chavez has also embraced a number of world leaders that have hostile relations with the United States, including Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the President of Iran, who Chavez has referred to as "my brother".
Venezuela under Chavez has been on the U.S. State Department’s Tier 3 list for trafficking in persons since 2004, which means that the government is categorized as one that has failed to make significant efforts to bring itself into compliance with the minium standards for the elimination of trafficking in persons.
www.conservapedia.com /Hugo_Chavez   (1860 words)

  
 U.S. preacher Pat Robertson calls upon the USA to kill President Hugo Chavez - Pravda.Ru
Hugo Chavez characterized the initiative as the continuation of the imperialistic and neocolonial policy of the States.
According to Chavez, it would give an opportunity to set fair oil prices, which would be different from the current level of world prices, which burden the economies of underdeveloped countries.
If Chavez and Castro do not go too far with their bellicose public speeches, the USA will have to face a union of Latin states, which would not be willing dance to the USA's tune.
english.pravda.ru /world/20/91/368/16029_Chavez.html   (1219 words)

  
 CNN.com - U.S. dismisses call for Chavez's killing - Aug 23, 2005
Chavez has built extensive ties to Cuba since he was elected in 1998 and has become a close friend of Castro, selling oil to the communist island at preferential rates.
Chavez was re-elected under a new constitution in 2000.
Chavez has also said the United States has tried to stir opposition to his government, and he warned this month that U.S. troops would be "soundly defeated" if Washington were to invade Venezuela.
www.cnn.com /2005/US/08/23/robertson.chavez   (1087 words)

  
 Hugo Chavez’s World Tour - Council on Foreign Relations
Chavez is pushing for a unified South America that will function as an independent bloc and counterbalance the United States.
Chavez did not sign any economic or military deals in Belarus, but Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenka—who the United States calls the last dictator in Europe—received him warmly and suggested the two men form a "strategic alliance." Experts say Chavez likely visited Belarus because it has been so vilified by the West.
But Chavez is credited with expanding health care to the poor, and according to a May 2006 Center for Economic Policy and Research report, poverty in Venezuela has gone down marginally since 1999.
www.cfr.org /publication/11285   (2121 words)

  
 President Hugo Chavez ties to terrorism | www.vcrisis.com
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and his government are actively involved in promoting state-sponsored terrorism.
President Chavez has often publicly incited them to commit crimes when he has ordered them to defend his revolution with weapons or whatever means are available to them and to carry out acts of intimidation and violence against the opposition and the media.
Chavez has been sympathetic to the regimes in Libya, Iran and Iraq and has been recently tied to the ETA Basque terrorist organization.
www.vcrisis.com /index.php?content=analysis/tony1001   (842 words)

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