Chavez calls Bush meddling "Emperor of Evil"

[Judi Lynn]

Chavez calls Bush meddling "Emperor of Evil"
Thu 22 July, 2004 04:12

CARACAS, Venezuela (Reuters) - Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez has blasted U.S. President George W. Bush as a meddling "Emperor of Evil" who was backing his opponents ahead of an August referendum on his rule.

Chavez, a populist ex-army officer who often locks horns with Washington, condemned Bush for urging transparency in the August 15 recall to decide whether to end his presidency of the world's number five oil exporter.

"Tell me what right does President of the United States have to call for transparency in any electoral process in the world when he won fraudulent elections in the U.S.," Chavez told cheering supporters at an election rally.

Since Chavez survived a brief 2002 coup, he has often blamed the United States for supporting his opponents in an attempt to overthrow him and end his self-styled revolution for the poor. U.S. officials deny those charges.
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http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsPackageArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=551365§ion=news

[jpgray]

1. LOL--go Chavez

What right does Bush have indeed to speak of transparency or fair elections?

[acmavm]

2. Funny, the entire world knows what a horrible scam was pulled on the

American people in 2000. Whenever they hear the words 'democracy' and 'America' in the same sentence there must be a collective worldwide chuckle.

[bushisanidiot]

3. My Gawd.. AWOL really thinks he is god of the world.

forget king. forget emporer.. he's GOD! the entire world should just bow down and respect his wishes.

AWOL demands fair elections in Venezuela. Pot, kettle, black.

[Imperialism Inc.]

4. More like the "Idiot of Evil"

So the guy who got the second most votes in 2000 but is the President anyway is telling the guy that has been voted in twice and had his programs ratified by referendum twice to be transparent. Uh, yeah. As long as Bush doesn't send in his "Dominions of Doom" Chavez should be alright.

I like that. The Emperor of Evil and his Dominions of Doom.

[Imperialism Inc.]

5. Good quotes in this article.

http://www.venezuelanalysis.com/news.php?newsno=1318
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Bush's comments ironically came just days after the U.S. Congress approved an amendment barring any U.S. funds from being used by the United Nations to monitor U.S. elections. The amendment was issued in response to a petition by several U.S. lawmakers for the U.N. to send observers to monitor the U.S. election in order to avoid another "Florida coup d'état," according to Representative Corrine Brown.

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Venezuelan President Chavez rejected Bush's remarks saying the U.S. President's lacks the moral authority to lecture Venezuela with regard to elections. "They said they will continue to pressure to guarantee that the recall process be transparent, can you tell me which transparent process allowed Mr. Bush to win the U.S. presidential elections?... With what moral authority is he trying to lecture us?," Chavez asked during a speech.

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"It is impossible that in Venezuela, especially after the coup d'etat sponsored by imperialist powers, the people's will could be subverted. President Chavez is fully interested in a just and transparent electoral process, as he is the main beneficiary of it. In this case, Venezuela is an example for Mr. Bush's government to follow," said the official statement.

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National Assembly deputy Tarek William Saab added that "Chavez is battling against the most powerful empire on earth, and proof of it is this new interference by President Bush, who committed fraud to win the U.S. elections." Saab, who is a member of President Chavez's MVR party, also said that the U.S. did not accept outside observers during the controversial 2000 elections. "It is immoral for Bush to lecture us on elections, after we have held seven electoral processes since Chavez was elected as president, all closely monitored by international observers," said Saab. The lawmaker added that "Venezuelan voters know that the recall struggle that Chavez is going to soon win, will be fought not against the local opposition, but against Bush."

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Minister of Information Jesse Chacón dismissed Bush's statements as "cynical". "Our democracy is much more open than theirs because the Venezuelan people elect their rulers directly, not through delegates who in turn choose the rulers," said the official. Chacon accused Bush of being elected through massive fraud in the U.S. state of Florida.

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Ouch , the truth hurts sometimes Mr. Emperor of Evil.

[Judi Lynn]

6. Great article, MiddleMen.

The U.S. insistence on the presence of observers may be seem unjustified by many, as the Venezuela recall referendum seems to be one of the most closely-monitored electoral processes in the world in recent years. The U.S. based Carter Center, the Organization of American States and 47 other international observer missions have been invited from all around the world to monitor the Aug 15 referendum. Also, numerous international celebrities such as Nelson Mandela, Mikhail Gorbachev, Barbra Streisand, Danny Glover, Michael Moore, Rigoberta Menchu, Adolfo Perez Esquivel, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, and Joseph Stiglitz, among others, have been invited as observers.

Diego Cordovez, the United Nations Special Adviser of the Secretary-General on Latin American Issues, is currently on five-day mission to Venezuela to monitor the recall process. "Secretary Anan has been following the Venezuela recall situation very closely," UN spokesman Fred Eckhard said to reporters.
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With so many outsiders overseeing this referendum, it may just be harder for _Bush/s subversive "freedom agents" to do anything harmful, although I wouldn't say it's impossible.

It WOULD be nice to see _Bush learn his place, and stay out of the road while the world tries to work its way out of the hole people like him created everywhere.

[redqueen]

7. I love this guy! I love his outspoken supporters, too!

:loveya:

Nice to see some people bashing bu$h the way he should have been bashed HERE for the past three and a half years.

:loveya:

[0007]

8. Hugo Chavez couldn't have shot an arrow any straighter at junior heart