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Venezuela: No direct talks with Colombia on bases

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:20:13 GMT

CARACAS, Venezuela - Venezuela has no interest in talking directly to Colombia to end a monthslong crisis but would support an effort by other South American nations to broker a solution, a top government official said Sunday.
Source: Atlanta Journal Constitution Vendor

Hugo Chavez 'doubts' brutality of Idi Amin

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:32:41 GMT

"We thought he was a cannibal," the Venezuelan leader said, referring to Amin, whose regime was notorious for torturing and killing suspected opponents in the 1970s. "I have doubts. ... I don't know, maybe he was a great nationalist, a patriot."
Source: The Telegraph

Venezuela to get 300 tanks, armored vehicles

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:25:05 GMT

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - President Hugo Chavez is hailing the forthcoming arrival of 300 Russian-made tanks and armored vehicles, and urging civilians to join government-organized militias to be ready to defend Venezuela from a foreign...
Source: WBAY-TV

Fifth or New International? Preliminary Food for Human Emancipation

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:02:22 GMT

We welcome the revolutionary efforts of President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela to found a global, effective, functioning workers international. It is not an ad hoc aspiration, not a quantitative endeavor; it is arduous, complex and dangerous.
Source: UK Indymedia Newswire

Venezuela to receive 300 Russian tanks, armored vehicles amid tensions with Colombia

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:59:58 GMT

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — President Hugo Chavez is hailing the forthcoming arrival of 300 Russian-made tanks and armored vehicles, and urging civilians to join government-organized militias to be ready to defend Venezuela from a foreign invasion.
Source: The Morning Call

Ugandans upset after Venezuelan president Chavez calls former dictator Idi Amin 'a patriot'

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:51:03 GMT

KAMPALA, Uganda - Ugandan officials were offended Sunday after Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez wondered out loud whether Ugandan dictator Idi Amin was truly as brutal as he was reputed to be.
Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune

Ugandans upset over Chavez' kind words for Amin

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:50:03 GMT

Chavez defends Carlos the Jackal

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:28:34 GMT

Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez is shown in this file photo.
Source: Canoe

Quoted in 'Hugo Chavez praises Carlos the Jackal'

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 05:32:22 GMT

Hugo Chávez said in Times Online:

I defend him. It doesn't matter to me what they say tomorrow in Europe

Quoted in 'A Comparative Review of Flat Earth News and Newspeak'

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:11:41 GMT

said in UK Indymedia Newswire:

Controlling what we think is not solely a matter of controlling what we know – it is also about influencing who we respect and who we find ridiculous. Western leaders are typically reported without adjectives preceding their names... The leader of Venezuela, by contrast, is ‘controversial left-wing president Hugo Chavez’.

LOQUENDO/ ENTREVISTA A HUGO CHAVEZ

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:43:40 GMT

Photo from Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:11:03 GMT

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez seen during a ceremony commemorating the first anniversary of the launching of Venezuela's 'Simon Bolivar' communications satellite, in Caracas, on October 29, 2009.

Photo from AP Photo

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

In this image released by Miraflores Press Office, Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, left, speaks with US actor Sean Penn during a meeting at Miraflores palace in Caracas, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009.