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2006-05-15 Caribbean-Latin America

U.K. Hugo Chavez Proclaims 'Final Days of American Empire' - paper tiger too!

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Posted by 3dc 2006-05-15 11:51|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [11130 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I am really dissapointed at the type of empire the US is. What type of empire would allow a tin-pot wannabe dictator like Chavez to go around saying things like that?

Posted by TMH 2006-05-15 12:02|| 2006-05-15 12:02|| Front Page Top

#2 Empire. Yup. We've just never gotten the hang of it, LOL. We need lessons from the Belgians and such.

Posted by Cramble Unereting5988 2006-05-15 12:06|| 2006-05-15 12:06|| Front Page Top

#3 Actually, when neomarxists refer to the american empire, they refer to Toni Negri's Empire, as far as I understand.

Posted by anonymous5089 2006-05-15 12:12|| 2006-05-15 12:12|| Front Page Top

#4 Now is the time to dissolve the Senate! Order 66!

Posted by DarthVader 2006-05-15 12:38|| 2006-05-15 12:38|| Front Page Top

#5 anonymous5089,
You are given Chavez too much credit. The man is an ass and he is referring to the US, and the US alone, as an empire that should be destroyed. He never said that he wanted the destruction of the other wealthy nations that comprise the type of empire that Toni Negri describes.

Posted by TMH 2006-05-15 12:47|| 2006-05-15 12:47|| Front Page Top

#6 These idiots never seem to understand that we don't want to rule you, we think you are idiots.

Posted by djohn66 2006-05-15 12:58|| 2006-05-15 12:58|| Front Page Top

#7 These idiots never seem to understand that we don't want to rule you, we think you are idiots.

Hopefully, Ambassador Bolton will find a charming but firm way to make that point.

Posted by SteveS 2006-05-15 13:01|| 2006-05-15 13:01|| Front Page Top

#8 According to Wikipedia, "It was published by Harvard University Press in 2000." Has Harvard become a vanity press? A shame, really -- once they were a fine university.

Posted by trailing wife 2006-05-15 13:02|| 2006-05-15 13:02|| Front Page Top

#9 "Red Ken to Chavez:" "I sometimes have views on George Bush not too dissimilar from yours."

Posted by 3dc 2006-05-15 13:56|| 2006-05-15 13:56|| Front Page Top

#10 This is a really bad move on the part of the US. Chavez knows that the "invasion" for oil is loosing steam, so he is changing tactic. By associating himself with islamic terrorist, ke new for sure that the US would react, and it did!

" US sanctions Venezuela over terrorism: official 56 minutes ago

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States imposed sanctions on Venezuela on Monday, banning all arms sales to a major oil supplier for what it believes is a lack of help in Washington's war on terrorism, a State Department official said.

The move plummets the two nations' ties to their worst level in decades and comes after years of antagonism between leftist Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and Washington on issues ranging from trade to oil prices.

The United States is concerned about Chavez's friendly relationship with Cuba and Iran, two countries it says sponsor terrorism, and his failure to stop Colombian leftist guerrillas using Venezuelan territory, the U.S. official said.

Venezuela has warned for months the United States would move against it over terrorism but says it cooperates with Colombia against guerrillas and denies its ties with countries that are U.S. foes mean that it helps militants."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/ 20060515/ts_nm/venezuela_usa_dc_3;_ylt= AnDgvAFvQzhvla9WK8KQKZOWwvIE; _ylu=X3oDMTA2ZGZwam4yBHNlYwNmYw--

Posted by TMH 2006-05-15 14:16|| 2006-05-15 14:16|| Front Page Top

#11 sell your Citgo stock...

Posted by Frank G 2006-05-15 15:00|| 2006-05-15 15:00|| Front Page Top

#12 Senor Scherzo - The Perfect Guest

From the linked article:

The Venezuelan leader then further angered Downing Street by declaring that the Falkland Islands rightly belonged to Argentina. 'Tony Blair, you have no moral right to tell anyone to respect international laws, as you have no respect for them, aligning yourself with Mr Danger [Bush] and trampling on the people of Iraq,' he added. 'Do you think we still live in the times of the British empire?'

Not included in the article:

Mr. Chavez paused dramatically at the end of his address, while pressing his hands against his chest. Then he startled the audience by quickly extending his arms and announcing in a loud voice: "I'm fuuuuuuuulllllll!"

Posted by mrp 2006-05-15 15:21|| 2006-05-15 15:21|| Front Page Top

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