Reuters: Chavez calls Bush 'asshole' as foes fight troops

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Mon Mar-01-04 10:23 PM
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Reuters: Chavez calls Bush 'asshole' as foes fight troops

Edited on Mon Mar-01-04 10:24 PM by professor_pot

UPDATE: THIS TOPIC HAS BEEN COVERED BY WILL PITT HERE:

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I don't know if this story got DU coverage. Those who missed it, can click here:
http://www.reuters.com/locales/newsArticle.jsp;:4042a149:0c1a48964cc2b5?type=worldNews&locale=en_IN&storyID=4463411

Excerpt:
"CARACAS, Venezuela (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez called U.S. President George W. Bush an "asshole" on Sunday for meddling, and vowed never to quit office like his Haitian counterpart as troops battled with opposition protesters demanding a recall referendum against him.

Chavez, who often says the U.S. is backing opposition efforts to topple his leftist government, accused Bush of heeding advice from "imperialist" aides to support a brief 2002 coup against him.

"He was an asshole to believe them," Chavez roared at a huge rally of supporters in Caracas."

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