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Just when we thought he was laying low,
\n Hugo Chavez pops up on Nightline:<\/p>\n
WASHINGTON Sep 16, 2005 – Venezuelan President from CNN<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Is he being paranoid? Why would he think the United Despite all the nasty things he is saying about us, Just when we thought he was laying low, Hugo Chavez pops up on Nightline: WASHINGTON Sep 16, 2005 – Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Friday night he has documentary evidence that the United States plans to invade his country. Chavez, … Continue reading
\n Hugo Chavez said Friday night he has documentary evidence that the
\n United
\n States plans to invade his country. Chavez, interviewed on ABC’s "Nightline," said
\n the plan is called "Balboa" and involves aircraft carriers
\n and planes.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n
\n States is planning to invade Venezuela? Could it have anything to do
\n with his country’s vast oil reserves? His close friendship with
\n Fidel Castro? President Monroe’s grand tradition of invading left-leaning
\n democracies in Latin America? Any one of the above would have us worried,
\n were we Hugo, but all three together make the land of Polar beer an almost
\n irresistible target. <\/p>\n
\n Hugo keeps selling us his oil. Despite all the dire denunciations
\n of the administration, we keep buying it. How much longer this inherently
\n unstable situation can be maintained is anybody’s guess. It doesn’t take a genius to see that when the flow stops, Hugo’s prediction of $100 oil will become a self-fulfilling prophecy.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"