‘New Castro’ threatens to take his feud with America nuclear

May 29, 2005

‘New Castro’ threatens to take his feud with America nuclear
Tony Allen-Mills, Washington



PRESIDENT George W Bush is a “jerk”. His administration is a “mafia of assassins”. And, according to Hugo Chavez, the belligerent populist president of Venezuela, Condoleezza Rice, the US secretary of state, lies in bed at night dreaming of him.

Chavez, 50, is rapidly becoming a US nightmare in Latin America. He aroused further American anger last week by threatening to form a nuclear alliance with Iran. The prospect of two hostile, oil-rich governments working together against US interests has shocked Washington and plunged relations with Venezuela to a dangerous new low.

US officials have begun to suspect that Chavez is plotting to become the “new Castro” — the leading voice in the region of leftist anti-Americanism.

Behind the disintegrating relationship between Washington and one of its most important oil suppliers lies Chavez’s apparent conviction that US agents were behind an attempted coup that briefly ousted him in 2002.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,176-1632118,00.html

That's silly. Unlike Castro, who I regard as a tyrant, Chavez was man enough to stand for election, and voices of opposition are allowed to be a part of the open marketplace of ideas in Venezuela, unlike Cuba.

Waiting for the flames from the Castro lovers...

Chavez was democratically elected. Bushco, which has no interest in actual democracy, keep forgetting that.

Fearless Leader just hates it when people dare to speak the truth. US policy got us where we are now. If the US Administration hadn't plotted with their poobah mafia buddies in Venezuela to 'get rid' of Chavez, we might be in a better negotiating position, but no, we have to controll ALL the oil supplies.

...his downfall right now.
...REmember Allende?
...and remember what Henry Kissinger said about Allende? "We couldn't allow a country to go communist through the irresponsibility of its own people."
honest to God....
.....they're looking for their own Pinochet right now...

if you can, watch "the revolution will not be televized". It's quite amazing. Also, he has stated preparations are in place in case he gets assassinated. (IE turn off the oil spigot to the USA)

He's democratically elected, he allows freedom of speech, he won't take any of our bullshit and he's smart enough to buck any of our attempts to "disappear" him.

"PRESIDENT George W Bush is a “jerk”. His administration is a “mafia of assassins”. And, according to Hugo Chavez, the belligerent populist president of Venezuela, Condoleezza Rice, the US secretary of state, lies in bed at night dreaming of him."

Couldn't have said it better myself, although I speculate Rice does more thay dream of *

This is nothing more than the sort of propaganda one can expect from one of Murdoch's media outlets.