U.S. to Send Envoy for Counternarcotics Cooperation, Chavez Responds to Obama

                   
trinicenter.com     Jul 19, 2008            

U.S. to Send Envoy for Counternarcotics Cooperation, Chavez Responds to Obama _POSTEDON _DATESTRING As a U.S. government official announced new negotiations over drug control cooperation, relations between President Chavez and U.S. Presidential nominee Barak Obama cooled when Obama called Venezuela “a destructive force” earlier this week. During a hearing at the U.S. Congress on Thursday, Thomas A. Shannon, the Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs, said that the Special Coordinator for Venezuelan Affairs, David Robinson, will be in Venezuela next week to explore renewed cooperation in the fight against drug trafficking. This move comes apparently as a result of a recent meeting Chavez had with the U.S. Ambassador to Venezuela, Patrick Duddy, where Chavez expressed an interest in improving U.S.-Venezuela... [read full story]                    

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Chavez says U.S. ties would be no warmer with Obama (Reuters)

yahoo.com     Jul 17, 2008          

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said on Wednesday his prickly relations with Washington would not improve even if Democrat candidate Barack Obama wins the U.S. presidential election in November. Chavez, a...                    

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Chavez says U.S. ties would be no warmer with Obama

washingtonpost.com     Jul 17, 2008          

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said on Wednesday his prickly relations with Washington would not improve even if Democrat candidate Barack Obama wins the U.S. presidential election in November. Chavez, a...                    

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Chavez says U.S. ties would be no warmer with Obama

reuters.com     Jul 17, 2008          

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said on Wednesday his prickly relations with Washington would not improve even if Democrat candidate Barack Obama wins the U.S. presidential election in November. Chavez, a...                    

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Venezuela's Chavez says chilly relations with US unlikely to improve under an Obama presidency

iht.com     Jul 17, 2008          

Venezuela's leftist President Hugo Chavez says rocky relations with Washington are unlikely to improve if Democrat Barack Obama is elected the next U.S. president. Chavez says Obama and Republican candidate John McCain both...                    

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[letter] Could an Obama win Hurt Chavez? (CS Monitor)

venezuelanalysis.com     Jul 16, 2008          

Was Chavez joking when he said that if he were an U.S. citizen that he would vote for McCain? AFter all he is virtually from the same stock with a so-called war hero status. I read this article some truth to it. I am a huge...                    

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Another GOP Talking Point Trashed

barkbarkwoofwoof.blogspot.com     Jul 17, 2008          

Via TPM:Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Wednesday his prickly relations with Washington would not improve even if Democrat candidate Barack Obama wins the U.S. presidential election in November.Chavez, a relentless critic...                    

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‘Obama damaging Cuba, Venezuela ties’

msn.com     Jul 18, 2008          

Obama had reportedly accused Chavez of destroying Latin America. During an interview with EFE last weekend, Obama said that Chavez was "a destructive force in the region" Caracas: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said that US...                    

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DUmmies Debate Obama's Flip vs Obama's Flop

dummiefunnies.blogspot.com     Jul 18, 2008          

My advice to DUmmies upset over any position that Barack Obama takes is to wait a minute and he is almost sure to completely change that position. Most politicians do shift positions when it is convenient but none in my memory...                    

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Chavez Responds to Obama's Comments on Venezuela & Cuba

borev.net     Jul 18, 2008          

The press has been reporting on Hugo Chavez's backing away from his prior hope that relations with the US could improve under an Obama presidency – McCain and Obama are no different because they both represent “the empire.” A...                    

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[news] U.S. to Send Envoy for Counternarcotics Cooperation, Chavez Responds to Obama

venezuelanalysis.com     Jul 18, 2008          

As a U.S. government official announced new negotiations over drug control cooperation, relations between President Chavez and U.S. Presidential nominee Barak Obama cooled when Obama called Venezuela “a destructive force”...                    

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