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Venezuela's Chavez slams Bush for cutting vacation after hurricane

September 01, 2005, 09:28 gmt


President Hugo Chavez
© AFP Andrew Alvarez
CARACAS (AFP) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez blasted US President George W. Bush for waiting until after Hurricane Katrina hit the United States to end his vacation in Texas.

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez blasted US President George W. Bush for waiting until after Hurricane Katrina hit the United States to end his vacation in Texas.
At the same time, Chavez, a leftist leader who frequently lashes out against Bush, expressed sympathy for the storm's victims and repeated his offer to send aid workers to the devastated southern US states.

And Citgo, the US subsidiary of Venezuela's state-owned oil giant PDVSA, announced it would donate one million dollars to US aid organizations helping hurricane victims.

"For four days there were warnings that (Katrina) was going to make a direct hit, and the king of vacations at his ranch only said 'you must flee.' He did not say how," Chavez said, charging that the United States had no evacuation plans. "It's the rancher mentality."
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