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  • CHAVEZ IN LONDON : "Venezuela is Now Accused of Being an Imperialist Nation!" (COUNTERPUNCH)
    17 May 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    "Venezuela is Now Accused of Being an Imperialist Nation!" Chavez in London
    By CounterPunch News Service
    Translation by Lawrence Pirela.
    President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Hugo Chávez Good afternoon (said in English).
    Mayor of London, Ken Livingstone So here we start, and I would like to get the first question from radio and television, after that maybe the domestic press and after that the press and media of Venezuela. Is there someone here from radio or television? (…)

  • Chávez and Venezuela Deserve the Support of All Who Believe In Social Justice and Democracy
    17 May 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    www.venezuelanalysis.com/articles.php?artno=1730
    Chávez and Venezuela Deserve the Support of All Who Believe In Social Justice and Democracy
    Tuesday, May 16, 2006
    By: Ken Livingstone - The Guardian President Hugo Chávez of Venezuela will today become the second head of state - after the Queen - to be welcomed to London’s City Hall. When it comes to the social transformation taking place in Venezuela, the political qualifications often necessary in our imperfect world can be set aside. (…)

  • Indestructable force meets immoveable objects
    17 May 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    There’s an old adage, which holds true from Star War’s Tatuine to Algeria and from the sands of Iraq to the Mexican border at Loredo,TX.:
    "The little guy, if determined enough,will beat the big guy every time"
    Nowhere is this more evident than in actions by our own Bush administration. We went to Afghanistan and Iraq with F-16s, stealth bombers, helicopters with gattling guns, rockets and missiles, 130,000 troops, drones, spy satellites, humvess, Bradleys, tanks, depleted uranium shells, (…)

  • Venezuela Considers U.S. Weapons Ban Sale Prelude to Further Aggression (venezuelaanalysiscom)
    17 May 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    www.venezuelanalysis.com/news.php?newsno=1968
    Venezuela Considers U.S. Weapons Ban Sale Prelude to Further Aggression
    Tuesday, May 16, 2006 By: Gregory Wilpert - Venezuelanalysis.com
    Defense Minister Orlando Maniglia speaks to the press about the U.S. decision to declare Venezuela a country that is not cooperating in its war on terrorism. Credit: VTV
    Caracas, Venezuela, May 16, 2006-Reacting to yesterday’s announcement that the U.S. would no longer sell weapons to Venezuela because (…)

  • HUGO CHAVEZ : "The USA are trying to kill me" (video)
    17 May 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Interviewing Chavez
    Published: 16 May 2006 By: Channel 4
    Exclusive Venzuela’s Hugo Chavez asserts America is trying to kill him; that if he was an Iraqi he’d take to the trenches with an RPG and fire it at them.
    In an exclusive television interview, he told this programme America could have its arms back - and says he will cut off oil supplies to the US if more sanctions are imposed. #.
    He says he is protecting himself against US aggression - and says he may join forces with Tehran (…)

  • VENEZUELA : Chavez Ridicules Washington’s Weapons Ban
    17 May 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    Published on Tuesday, May 16, 2006 by Reuters Chavez Ridicules Washington’s Weapons Ban
    LONDON - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez accused the United States of "imperial abuse" on Tuesday after Washington banned U.S. arms sales to his country.
    Already hostile relations between the two nations descended further as Chavez, who was speaking to the BBC during a visit to London, derided the United States as an "impotent empire" and said he would ignore the weapons ban.
    "The North American (…)

  • WASHINGTON : Solidarity Street Demonstrations To Demand US Keep Hands Off Venezuela and Cuba
    17 May 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    Solidarity Street Demonstrations To Demand US Keep Hands Off Venezuela and Cuba
    By Stephen Lendman
    May 16, 2006
    Maybe it’s just a coincidence that just days before an international expression of solidarity demanding the US keep its hands off Venezuela and Cuba, Rep. Dan Burton (a right wing Republican in good standing) introduced an anti-Venezuelan resolution in the US House of Representatives. His resolution on May 11 was just another step along the way in the Bush administration’s (…)

  • VENEZUELA : As Elections Loom, Venezuela’s Opposition Won’t Commit to Participation
    16 May 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    www.venezuelanalysis.com/articles.php?artno=1701
    Wednesday, Apr 05, 2006 By: Eric Wingerter - VIO
    Last Thursday the New York Times ran a remarkable profile of the Venezuelan opposition. Titled “Rifts Plague Anti-Chavez Venezuelans[1],” Times reporter Juan Forero details the chaos that marks Venezuelan opposition parties in the run-up to this year’s presidential elections. Significantly, these rifts are not ideological in nature-precious little of the discussion centers on values, (…)

  • Please, Not Fidel Castro’s Fortune Again!
    16 May 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    From AxisofLogic.com
    Please, Not Fidel Castro’s Fortune Again! By Pascual Serrano. Translated from Spanish for Axis of Logic by Barbara Maseda and revised by Nancy Almendras, Tlaxcala*
    May 15, 2006, 14:46
    Forbes magazine says that he has a 900 million dollar fortune. Let’s see how they calculated it.
    Once again Forbes magazine has included the Cuban president in the list of what they call the richest “kings, queens and dictators." Of course, all the media enthusiastically echoed this (…)

  • ALBA: Social Debt and Human Rights
    16 May 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    From AxisofLogic.com
    Featured ALBA: Social Debt and Human Rights By James Petras May 15, 2006, 22:36
    Forum 2
    Proposals for the New Social, Economic and Cultural Order
    Introduction
    Under the leadership of President Chavez and with the backing of the great majority of the Venezuelan people, a process of social transformation is underway which challenges the old neo-liberal, imperial-centered, political-economic order. Equally important President Chavez has proposed a new project for (…)