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Chavez Looking Forward to Dinner With Bush

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, a frequent critic of the Bush administration, said Wednesday he is looking forward to sitting down with the American leader at a summit in Argentina next month.

Both leaders plan to attend the Summit of the Americas, and Chavez said he understood they would be seated at the same table.

"That summit is going to be really good if that gentlemen goes, if Mr. Danger goes," Chavez said in a speech.

Chavez didn't explain what he meant by "Mr. Danger," but he has frequently accused Bush of trying to oust him, including through a short-lived 2002 coup. U.S. officials strongly deny it.