Jimmy Carter to arrive in Venezuela on Aug. 11 to observe recall vote

[Judi Lynn]

Posted on Thu, Jul. 15, 2004





Jimmy Carter to arrive in Venezuela on Aug. 11 to observe recall vote

Associated Press


CARACAS, Venezuela - Former President Jimmy Carter will arrive in Venezuela on Aug. 11 to oversee preparations for a vote on President Hugo Chavez's rule.
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For Chavez to be recalled, or removed from office, Venezuela's opposition must get more votes than the almost 3.8 million Chavez received when he was re-elected to a six-year term in 2000.

If they succeed, a new election would be held within 30 days. The winner would serve the rest of Chavez's term, which ends in January 2007.

Venezuela's election council has invited representatives from the Organization of American States and more than 45 international organizations to observe the recall vote.
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http://www.macon.com/mld/macon/news/local/9163932.htm

[Judi Lynn]

1. Venezuela, Caribbean to Discuss Oil Deals

Venezuela, Caribbean to Discuss Oil Deals

Wed Jul 14,10:39 AM ET

CARACAS, Venezuela - Venezuela and 14 Caribbean countries will meet in August to discuss the creation of a new company which will sell oil at cheaper prices in the region, Venezuela's Energy Minister said.

The decision follows a weekend meeting during which Venezuela proposed to its Caribbean neighbors the establishment of PetroCaribe, a company that would distribute crude and refined oil products to the Caribbean at lower prices than other dealers in the area.

Venezuela's Energy Minister Rafael Ramirez discussed the agreement with representatives from Antigua and Barbuda, the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Cuba, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago.

A follow-up meeting has been scheduled for Aug. 26-27 in Jamaica to discuss the details of the new agreement, Ramirez said in a statement issued late Tuesday.
The countries have signed previous deals with Venezuela for preferential oil prices. However, Ramirez says that the dealers who distribute oil in the Caribbean place unfair profit margins on the products.
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http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040714/ap_on_bi_ge/venezuela_caribbean_oil_1

[Swamp Rat]

2. I hope he comes back to monitor OUR election in November!

[Kolesar]

3. & Gets a hotel reserved in Dade County for all of November &December...eom

[AFSCME girl]

4. My sentiments exactly..........

:hi:

[whosinpower]

5. I read yesterday

That Chavez will easily win the recall. He is polling very high right now in Venezuela much to the chagrine of the elites who have been working very hard to discredit him.

[Az_lefty]

6. He needs to hang out in Florida thru Nov.