Venezuela Has Reason To Doubt US Claims

[Say_What]

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(NNPA) - Several weeks ago, U.S. News & World Report published a story suggesting that Venezuela was becoming a hotbed of terrorism in the Western hemisphere. The story was, at least in part, based upon information allegedly provided by unnamed individuals in the Bush administration. In many respects, this story epitomized the hostility toward the democratically-elected government of President Hugo Chavez that has been coming from the White House particularly since the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.

As you might remember, President Chavez, while condemning in no uncertain terms the terrorist attack, called upon the Bush administration to not respond by attacking Afghanistan. It appears, whether one agrees or disagrees with President Chavez, that the Bush administration adopted the attitude that it was up to the rest of the world to unconditionally support any and all actions that the Bush administration deemed appropriate. Any question, or any divergence from the White House line was seen as unfriendly.

President Chavez was anointed unfriendly.

When Chavez was temporarily overthrown in a coup in April 2002, the Bush administration rushed to support the 'coup people' (to borrow a term invented by President Bush's father in describing another situation), whereas virtually every other country in the Western hemisphere condemned this undemocratic action. Upon his restoration to power, the Bush administration suggested that they hoped that President Chavez had learned something from this experience, an interesting comment for an administration that supposedly opposes terrorism and other forms of illegality.

The Bush administration has continued to smile upon the opposition forces in Venezuela that have attempted to oust President Chavez, first through mass demonstrations and a lockout in early 2003, and later through a petition. I am still trying to figure out what business it is of the U.S. to interfere in such internal affairs.

http://www.sacobserver.com/news/commentary/111703/venezuela_us.shtml

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1. Venuzuela has every reason to tell the US..

to fuck off :grr::mad::grr:

[TreasonousBastard]

2. One list I'm on...

gets regular messages from a Venezuelan. It's looking very grim down there, and it's no secret that the US is behind it all. This correspondant is now worried about her family's safety.

Even if the US isn't behind it all, they think so.

So, I asked a fairly nonpolitical Venezuelan here about it. She recently brought her daughter up to the US, partly for her safety, and tells me the daughter said "Mama, if you thought it was bad before, you should see it now."

just another voice crying in the wilderness...

[bemildred]

3. Emerging debt-Prices up, Venezuela outperforms

SAO PAULO, Nov 12 (Reuters) -
Venezuelan bond prices climbed
higher on Wednesday after
President Hugo Chavez confirmed
the world's No. 5 oil exporter will
tap international markets next
week with a $1 billion debt issue.

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Analysts expect strong demand
for the new Venezuelan bonds,
which will also be available for
investors in the dollar-hungry local
market.

"The new Venezuelan bond issue
has drawn some attention. I think
that, like the previous issue, it will
help dry up liquidity in the local
markets and will be well received,"
said Barrineau, from Alliance
Capital Management.

Another New York-based bank
analyst said strong demand for
the bonds should come from local
investors who are eager to fill
their portfolios with more
dollar-denominated assets -- rare
due to Venezuela's tight control
over foreign exchange markets.

Forbes