US sanctions Venezuela over terrorism: official

[Judi Lynn]

US sanctions Venezuela over terrorism: official

9 minutes ago

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States imposed sanctions on Venezuela on Monday, banning all arms sales to one of its major oil suppliers for what it says is its lack of help in the war on terrorism, a State Department official said.
(snip/)

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060515/pl_nm/venezuela_usa_dc

[ShortnFiery]

1. WTF happened to diplomacy ?... it's always The Stick with BushCo. n/t

[anotherdrew]

76. "lack of help" what as stinking load of bushit n/t

[anotherdrew]

77. and why would they want our overpriced crap anyway?

this is just cover, Hugo wasn't going to be buying from bushco anyway

[mike_c]

2. oh for pete's sake....

"...lack of help in the war on terrorism." :puke:

[Supersedeas]

6. why can't the come out & say that Democracy is not always good oil policy

[K-W]

64. Creating conflict with oil producers isnt good oil policy

unless you happen to own an oil company.

[Auntie Bush]

97. No wonder bush* and cheney made so many more millions this

year. It's not profitable for them to have peace and cheap oil. Notice how every move/decision that's made makes them, friends, family and donors RICHER. This group in Washington is out for themselves and don't give a shit what happens to the United States. They are all TRAITORS and deserve the appropriate punishment...and you all know
what THAT is! And I pray that it happens.

[Mikimouse]

3. No big deal...

Venezuela will simply get it's armament from elsewhere, and * won't be able to stop it.

[Robbien]

9. Yep, arms dealers will always find a way to sell

and there are plenty of players out there.

[Deja Q]

11. It's just business.

How can * be angry over that?

[Tempest]

22. They already are

Russia shipped them 200,000 automatic rifles recently.

[reprobate]

58. Spain already agreed to provide patrol boats for them over US objections

[tatertop]

4. Bush looks a little more like Hitler every day

[Viva_La_Revolution]

5. oh yea, but cozying up to Libya is ok?!!

Kind of interesting, no? The same day we lift sanctions on Libya, we impose them on Venezuela.

things that make you go hmmmmmm...

[Drum]

14. Really! nt

[rman]

35. And Saudi Arabia, China, Burma, to name a few dictatorships

[0007]

45. Don't be surprised to see junior giving Orlando Bosch

[rman]

48. "...Cuban exile and former CIA-backed fighter..."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orlando_Bosch

[0007]

52. Maybe junior will give Orlando two Medal of Honor's

That declaration notwithstanding, dozens and dozens of terrorist attacks are attributed to Orlando Bosch and the gangs he led. Perhaps this "black list" will refresh the memory of George W. Bush’s close collaborator.

January 8, 1968: A bomb explodes in a suitcase in Havana

January 25, 1968: Bombs placed in various commercial establishments in the United States

February 1, 1968: Mexican Consulate in Miami bombed

February 2, 1968: Bomb placed in British consul’s house in Miami

March 12, 1968: Bomb placed in restaurant belonging to Cuban immigrants in the United States

March 13, 1968: Bomb placed in Chilean Consulate in the United States

April 2, 1968: Bomb placed in pharmaceutical company in United States

April 22, 1968: Bomb placed in Mexican Consulate, United States

April 22, 1968: Bomb placed in Spanish Tourism Office in the United States

May 5, 1968: British ship Greenwood bombed in the United States

May 25, 1968: Bomb placed aboard the Japanese ship Aroka Maru in the United States

June 21, 1968: Bomb placed in Spanish Tourism Office in the United States

June 23, 1968: Bomb placed in Mexican Tourism Office in the United States

June 27, 1968: Bomb explodes in the garage of Mexican consul to the United States

July 4, 1968: Bomb placed in Cuban Consulate in Canada

July 4, 1968: Bomb placed in Canadian Tourism Office in United States

July 7, 1968: Bomb placed in Japanese Tourism Office in the United States

July 11, 1968: Bomb explodes near Cuban Mission to the UN, causing damage to the Yugoslavian mission

July 11, 1968: Bomb placed aboard the Japanese ship Michagesan Maru in Mexico

July 14, 1968: Bomb placed in Mexican Tourism Office in the United States

July 15, 1968: Bomb discovered in a French government office in the United States

July 16, 1968: Bomb discovered in the Mexican Consulate, United States

July 17, 1968: Bomb placed in Cuban diplomat’s home in the United States

July 19, 1968: Bomb placed in French Tourism Office in the United States

July 19, 1968: Bomb placed in Shell Petroleum Company building in England

July 19, 1968: Bomb placed in Japanese travel agency in the United States

July 26, 1968: Bomb placed in Mexican Tourism Office in the United States

July 31, 1968: Bomb placed in British Consulate in United States

August 3, 1968: Bomb placed in British bank in the United States

August 5, 1968: Bomb placed in offices of the Communist Party in the United States

August 7, 1968: Bomb placed aboard the Bahamas ship Caribbean Venture in the United States

August 9, 1968: Mexican representatives in the United States bombed

August 9, 1968: Bomb placed in Mexican consul’s home in Miami

September 11, 1968: Bomb placed aboard British ship in Mexico

September 16, 1968: Bomb explodes aboard the Spanish ship Satrustegui in Puerto Rico

September 16, 1968: Bazooka attack on Polish ship in Miami

September 17, 1968: Bomb placed aboard Mexican airplane in United States

September 19, 1968: Bomb placed in home of Mexican consul to the United States

October 18, 1968: Bomb placed in Canadian travel agency

October 20, 1968: Gas bomb placed in a theater where a Cuban actress was performing

October 24, 1968: Attempts to assassinate Cuban ambassador to the UN

July 26, 1969: Bomb placed in Mexican Tourism Office in the United States

August 6, 1969: Bomb placed in British-owned Shell Oil offices in the United States

August 6, 1969: Bomb placed in Air France offices in the United States

In 1972, Bosch traveled to Chile with his friend Guillermo Novo Sampol and puts himself at the disposal of General Augusto Pinochet’s fascist junta. He subsequently participated in a series of attacks on prominent Chileans in exile.

In 1974, Bosch created the terrorist organization called Cuban Action, with the support of the Chilean junta and Nicaraguan dictator Anastasio Somoza’s secret police.

January 21, 1974: Bomb placed in Cuban diplomatic office in Canada

January 21, 1974: Bomb placed in Cuban diplomatic office in Argentina

January 21, 1974: Bomb placed in Cuban diplomatic office in Peru

January 21, 1974: Bomb placed in Cuban embassy in Mexico

February 13, 1974: Bomb placed in Cuban embassy in Madrid

April 4, 1974: Prensa Latina representatives bombed in Mexico

October 1, 1974: Bomb placed in Panamanian embassy in Caracas

October 30, 1974: Bomb placed in Venezuelan-Cuban Friendship Institute in Venezuela

November 11, 1974: Bomb placed in hotel where Cuban officials were staying in the United States

March 19, 1974: Assassination of General Carlos Prats, former officer of the Chilean Armed Forces, and his wife, in Argentina

May 10, 1975: Attempt in Rome to kill Bernardo Leighton, vice president of the Chilean Democratic Party in exile, and his wife

July 1975: Shots fired on the resident of a Cuban official in the United States

August 3, 1975: Assassination attempt on Cuban Ambassador Emilio Aragonés, in Argentina

November 17, 1975: Bomb placed in Venezuelan tourism company, in Venezuela

November 30, 1975: Bomb placed in USSR commercial office in Mexico

March 1976: Bosch is arrested by Costa Rican police for suspicion of trying to assassinate exiled Chilean leader Andrés Pascal Allende

September 21, 1976: Assassination of Orlando Letelier, former Chilean ambassador to the United States, and his secretary Ronnie Moffitt

In 1976, Bosch founded the Command of United Revolutionary Organizations (CORU), most of whose members had worked for the CIA. He ordered another series of attacks.

June 6, 1976: Bomb placed in Cuban diplomatic mission at the UN

July 1, 1976: Bomb placed in Cuban-Costa Rican cultural center in Costa Rica

July 8, 1976: Bomb placed in Cuban mission in Spain

September 7, 1976: Bomb placed in Cubana de Aviación warehouse in Kingston, Jamaica

July 10, 1976: Bomb placed in Cubana de Aviación office in Barbados

July 11, 1976: Bomb placed in Air Panama offices in Colombia

July 23, 1976: Attempt to kidnap Cuban consul in Mérida, Mexico, resulting in the death of Cuban fishing technician D’Artagnan Díaz Díaz

September 8, 1976: Kidnapping of two Cuban diplomats in Argentina

September 9, 1976: Bomb placed in Guyanese embassy in Trinidad and Tobago

September 18, 1976: Bomb placed in Cubana de Aviación office in Panama

October 6, 1976: Mid-flight explosion of a Cubana de Aviación passenger plane, causing the deaths of all 73 persons on board

As a result of the plane bombing, Bosch was arrested in Venezuela and accused of masterminding the horrible crime. Nevertheless, from his cell he continued to dream up and order other attacks, against Venezuelan targets, in order to pressure the Venezuelan justice system to let him go.

March 30, 1977: Bomb placed in Venezuelan Consulate in Puerto Rico

August 30, 1977: Bomb placed aboard a Venezuelan airplane in Miami

December 23, 1977: Bomb placed in Viasa airline office, United States

December 30, 1977: Bomb placed in Venezuelan Consulate in Puerto Rico

In 1978, also from his cell, he ordered attacks on Mexican interests, in response to the measures taken by that government following the death of Cuban fishing technician D’Artagnan Díaz Díaz.

February 7, 1978: Bomb placed in Mexican Consulate in the United States

February 7, 1978: Bomb placed aboard the Mexican ship Azteca, resulting in two deaths and seven injuries

Later, still from his cell, he directed and maintained the actions of Omega-7, consisting of a long chain of terrorist attacks.

September 9, 1978: Bomb placed in Cuban mission at the UN

October 5, 1978: Bomb placed across from Madison Square Garden, where Cuban boxers were supposed to fight

October 6, 1978: Bomb placed in offices of Girasol tourism company, belonging to the Socialist Party of Puerto Rico

October 6, 1978: Bomb placed in offices of Antillana tourism company of Puerto Rico

October 6, 1978: Bomb placed in offices of the Record Public Service company, owned by a Cuban immigrant in Puerto Rico

October 23, 1978: Bomb placed in La Prensa newspaper in the United States

November 18, 1978: Bomb threats made against TWA, due to its flights to Cuba

December 28, 1978: Bomb placed in office of Varadero Travel in Puerto Rico

December 29, 1978: Bomb placed in Cuban mission at the UN

December 29, 1978: Bomb placed in Lincoln Center, New York

March 26, 1979: Bomb placed in TWA offices at New York’s JFK Airport

March 26, 1979: Bomb placed in office of Weehawken company of New Jersey, headed by Cuban Eulalio J. Negrín, a member of the Committee of 75, which was negotiating with Cuba

April 4, 1979: Murder of Carlos Muñoz Varela, member of the Antonio Maceo Brigade and director of Varadero Travel in Puerto Rico

November 25, 1979: Eulalio J. Negrín murdered

September 11, 1980: Murder of Félix García Rodríguez, Cuban diplomat to the United Nations

In 1987, thanks to Otto Reich, Bosch was freed and entered the United States, where he was granted asylum and even a presidential pardon.

By the start of the 1980s, the Cuban American National Foundation (CANF) was in existence, and its leader, Jorge Mas Canosa, directed counterrevolutionary and terrorist attacks.

Once he took refuge in the United States, Bosch continued advising the most fanatical elements of the Miami mafia. Even within the terrorist gang directed by Luis Posada Carriles that planned to assassinate Fidel Castro in Panama, there are several of the old terrorist’s friends. Gaspar Jiménez Escobedo, Pedro Remón and Guillermo Novo Sampol were guilty of numerous terrorist actions against Cuba and other countries, among them the machine-gunning of Félix García Rodríguez in New York; the killing of Cuban fishing technician D’Artagnan Díaz Díaz by terrorist Gaspar Jiménez Escobedo; and the kidnapping of two diplomats in Argentina.

What a bad memory Mr. Reich has, after so many years of collaboration with the CIA and the CANF!

[rman]

82. quite a list

Where did you get that information?

[Judi Lynn]

86. Here's one source with the info.:

http://www.independence.net/orlandobosch/

It's also carried here:
http://www.onlinejournal.com/archive/03-01-01_Smith.pdf

Quite the list of accomplishments, isn't it? How notable it is for Orlando Bosch Avila, a Cuban "exile" pediatrician to have been able to destroy a Cuban airliner in mid-air, carrying 73 souls, all lost, many of them still teenagers (Cuban national fencing team, Guyanese medical students).

[rman]

87. thanks

Will check it out

[0007]

88. Here

http://www.independence.net/orlandobosch/

[Liberal Dose]

7. First come the sanctions. How long before lies about WMD in Venezuela? n/t

[peacetalksforall]

12. Yes, agree. Now, arms that come from another direction will have

hidden wmd's as proved by Michael Ledeen and Chalabi and the other little guy who told us about molbile wmds in Iraq and drones.

And the companies in the U.S. who profited from arms to V will be compensated by the Regime with funds from the stolen monies - such as $440 billion missing from DOD.

[mainer]

8. So if you're not with us ... you're a terrorist?

There's got to be more to this story. I can't imagine that even the delusional Bushies think this makes sense.

[goforit]

78. McCarthism to the max!

[bullimiami]

10. our government is full of criminal dumbass's.

if I was venezuela I would embargo all oil to the us immediately.

[gordianot]

13. Really odd, even when you consider the Bush administration is involved.

I wonder if it has anything to do with one of the more recent Chavez pronouncements.

See link: http://www.iribnews.ir/Full_en.asp?news_id=213088&n=32


Rome, May 12 - Visiting Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said here on Thursday in case of a military attack against Iran, no country in the world would have access to crude oil.


:hide:

[Dunvegan]

15. US Sanctions Venezuela Because They Have OIL...and don't cower to BushCo.

[gordianot]

21. Bushco is a danger to everyone, these people are not right.

Some already live in bunkers, others face jail time if there is ever another honest election. To maintain power even over a slag heap means nothing as long as they do not face the consequences of their actions. Right, no reason to cower, but fear is reasonable. It is like walking into a lion cage and hitting the lion with a stick.

[IChing]

16. I want to know who did this. I'm tired of "A State department offical"

said this crap. There is no details of the sanctions,
I thought sanctions must be done with the cooperation of the senate.

[gordianot]

19. Who needs laws in the age of the "Unitary Executive"?

[lumpy]

43. Well Condi Rice is State dept. head.

She sets the Bush policy.

[Spazito]

50. Yep, and here is yet another example of her diplomatic prowess

Russia and US trade angry words over Iran at UN dinner


The American secretary of state, Condoleezza Rice, and her Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, traded barbs during bad-tempered talks at a foreign ministers' summit in New York on Iran's nuclear programme. The exchanges provided a candid introduction to diplomacy for Margaret Beckett, the new Foreign Secretary, who attended the tetchy session at the end of her first full day in the job. The row, which further undermines hopes of a diplomatic solution to the Iran crisis, reflects deepening rifts between the United States and Russia.

Tension surfaced at a private meeting hosted by Ms Rice in the Waldorf Hotel for the Russian, British, French, German and Chinese foreign ministers, and spilt over into a much-delayed dinner. One official in Washington said: "It was a pretty extraordinary session and everyone's been talking about it in private since. It was certainly quite an introduction to the rough and tumble of the new job for Mrs Beckett." Mr Lavrov arrived at the Waldorf for the meeting seething about a speech on Kremlin policies delivered by Dick Cheney, the vice-president, the previous week in Lithuania.

The Russian repeatedly complained about the comments and then threatened to veto a Security Council resolution, drafted by Britain and France and backed by the US, that would force Iran to abandon enrichment of uranium.
Although Moscow has made clear that it opposes any use of mandatory powers, the other ministers were left in no doubt that Mr Lavrov's approach reflected fury over the Cheney speech. As the mood worsened, Mr Lavrov accused the Americans of seeking to undermine efforts by Britain, France and Germany to solve the crisis. He singled out Nicholas Burns, the State Department's number three, for particular flak, complaining about his criticism of Russian involvement in Iran's. Bushehr nuclear plant.

Already frustrated, Ms Rice, a Russia expert, took exception to his remarks about Mr Burns and curtly told her guest: "This meeting isn't going anywhere." The gathering in Ms Rice's suite had been intended as a 30-minute chat before dinner but turned into a two-hour session. By the time the foreign ministers sat down to eat at 10.30pm, their sea bass was shrivelled and, to Mrs Beckett's surprise, the bickering continued in front of senior officials. The next day, John Sawers, the Foreign Office political director, and colleagues from the other five nations worked to smooth over the row. They came up with a new proposal for incentives on trade deals, security guarantees and civilian nuclear technology for Iran if it halts enrichment.


more
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/20...

[daleo]

17. The U.S. supports an attempted coup in Venezuela

That would have overthrown an elected government, then accuses them of terrorism?

[Spazito]

18. Hmmm, now that Venezuela has signed trade agreements

include oil sales with Russia, China, etc, it seems to me Chavez could respond to this idiocy by reducing the amount of oil allowed to be exported to the U.S. Somehow, I think Chavez might have the upper hand in who needs whom here.

[BrotherBuzz]

70. While the entire world is playing a masterful game of chess...

Bushco insists on playing checkers. KING ME!

"You're either with us or against us" is lousy foreign policy. :shrug:

[Judi Lynn]

72. Excellent observation.

His way really cuts down on time spent looking for the right answers.

[BrotherBuzz]

74. It's common knowledge he cheats at checkers, too.

What can I say? :shrug:

[Media_Lies_Daily]

20. Well, I guess we can kiss Venezuela's oil goodbye....

...The NeoCons have done nothing with this move but enhance Chavez' standing throughout Central America, South America, and the Caribbean Basin.

Oh, and by the way, Chavez can get arms anywhere in the world...losing the U. S. as an arms supplier is no big deal.

[murray hill farm]

23. IS THIS ADMINISTRATION TOTALLY INSANE?

are they hell bent on self destruction? Lots of other countries want Venezuelan oil...and now they will get it...and they will also protect the source. Yeah, they are totally insane and self destructive...and apparently, also very stupid!

[cliss]

51. Answer = Yes they are.

Suicidal? = Yes.
Self-destructive? = you can count on it.
Stupid? = There's no doubt about it.
Rigid to the point of shooting themselves in the foot? = You got it.
* * * * * * *

We should stop thinking of these people as 'leaders'. There is something so insanely wrong with them that it just boggles the mind. They're not interested in diplomacy. They don't care about who gets angry with them. Retaliation means nothing to them. It's like they're almost goading Chavez to sell his oil to China, which wants it by the way. Or India.

They are like a cancerour tumour which has started to spread inside the organism.

[bamacrat]

24. How do you sanction someone for not helping?

That sounds like something my 3rd grade teacher did.

[sofa king]

25. Keep trying, Georgie.

You'll steal that government and that nation's resources one of these days. If it can happen here, it can happen anywhere.

[atreides1]

26. "...it's lack of help in the war on terrorism..."

Yet the US government covers for a Cuban who blew up a Venezuelan airliner, and allows two former
Venezuelan officers who are wanted for crimes, to remain safe in the US.

[Blackhatjack]

27. "Lack of help on terrorism" is now cause for sanctions???

It is the old "you either with us, or agin us" code of the wild west that is driving US foreign policy!

I guess that refusal to withhold discount heating oil to the US poor in the Northeast was too much for Bush. Chavez is helping the poor, that can't be good, right?

[Supersedeas]

54. foreign policy's connection to terrorism gets more and more tenuous

[corporate_mike]

28. Chavez would use those arms to silence his opposition in Venezuela

Hugo Chavez, who is up for reelection as Venezuelan president this year, kicked off his new campaign with an old tactic: criminal trials of his leading opponents. For years Latin America's would-be socialist revolutionary has been nursing along prosecutions of politicians, human rights activists, labor leaders, journalists and election monitors. Some have ended in prison sentences, but many have not: Instead, Chavez toys with his targets, holding the threat of jail over their heads while avoiding the embarrassment it would create for his apologists in Washington and Europe.

Now, with a vote on his tenure coming up, the president's prosecutors are back. First up in court was the election-monitoring group Sumate, which has meticulously documented Chavez's manipulation of the electoral system. The caudillo ordered up the trial of its top leaders on treason charges during his weekly television show two years ago; Maria Corina Machado and Alejandro Plaz have been in and out of court every few months since.

....

Contrary to his own propaganda, Chavez has reason to worry. He has never enjoyed overwhelming support in Venezuela; his ratings have mostly fluctuated a few points above and below 50 percent. A tidal wave of corruption revelations, infrastructure failures and sensational crimes has dominated attention in Caracas in recent weeks. Chavez is rooting for the opposition boycott Capriles opposes; he recently said that if it occurs he will propose abolishing the constitutional limit on his tenure.

"Chavez wants the world to think his only opposition is Bush," says Capriles. "But that's not true. There are lots of people in Venezuela who think differently from Chavez. Their votes should be cast and they should be counted, so the world can see them."

No wonder the independent organization dedicated to a fair vote count got the first court date this year.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/09/AR2006040901102.html

[Missy M]

29. Come on now, look who wrote that opinion piece....

he is full of himself and full of something else.

[corporate_mike]

30. try this then

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/op-ed/editorial2/20060405-9999-lz1ed5bottom.html

[Missy M]

33. Even worse!!! Who wrote that one?

[Solon]

34. Two Op-eds with no facts, wow, what a surprise...

Also, I thought arming the populace would actually PREVENT oppression. After all, over one half of Venezuelans own at least a handgun, but I figured you knew that already.

[IChing]

46. Anti Chavez forces need a corporate mic to slam anti-corporatism

Why doesn't he tell us why sanctions are a good form of diplomacy?
What does he think we ought to sanction against Venezuela?

Perhaps we should cut off our supply of oil from that them that will show them.

[Andrushka]

79. Oh. puhleeeze!

"Venezuela's President Hugo Chávez and his leftist “Bolivarian Revolution” are throttling that oil-rich country's free press."

That's all I needed to see before I did this: :rofl: then did this: :boring:

[Bridget Burke]

90. "Leftist Bolivarian Revolution"....

Named after that Famous Leftist, Simon Bolívar. The Venezuelan who, along with Argentina's Jose San Martin, liberated most of South America from Spain.



A great admirer of the American Revolution (and a great critic of the French Revolution), Bolívar described himself in his many letters as a classical "liberal" and defender of the free market economic system. Among the books he traveled with when he wrote the Bolivian Constitution were Montesquieu's Spirit of the Laws and Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations.

Bolívar's many speeches and writings reveal him to be an adherent of limited government, the separation of powers, freedom of religion, property rights, and the rule of law.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Bolivar

[Canuckistanian]

93. Wow, what a one-sided piece

You'd think that article was written by the State Department itself.

Looks like another one of those Make, Announce, Type deals.

[oc2002]

105. Maybe it was written by the State Department? of the CIA?

It would not be the first time they paid off a writer at a worthless news corp.like the WP.

[Dhalgren]

31. Wow, we didn't know Chavez was such an "evil doer"

:eyes:

[rman]

36. look who's talking

[endarkenment]

39. Karl, is that you? nt.

[lumpy]

42. I doubt anyone is really concerned

about terrorism being a cause for concern about Venezuela. What does the US have to fear from Venezuela? Sure, there are bound to be people in Venezuela who think differenty from Chavez just as there are PLENTY of people in the US who think different from Bush. Is that a reason for the US to be concerned about Venezuela ? A tidal wave of corruption revelations, infrastructure failures and sensational crimes has dominated attention in the US in recent weeks. Bushco has no legitimate reason for interfering in Venezuelan affairs except in the interests of oil and political power.

[IndianaGreen]

57. No wonder "corporate" is part of your screen name

The evil corporations are shitting their collective pants at being prevented from exploiting Venezuela to the levels they have grown accustomed.

Tough luck!

[happydreams]

61. How much are they paying you and Bachus anyway?

[natrat]

63. "corporate mike" that is hillarious-what a sick fucking world

[Peace Patriot]

91. SUMATE "independent"? Dedicated to a fair vote count? Sumate is funded

by the US (Bush) Congress--in violation of Venezuelan law! THAT's why Sumate in under investigation, and its Bush operatives are facing court trials!

This article is so full if disinformation, it's laughable.

Want good info? Try: www.venezualanalysis.com.

[oc2002]

106. that link is just about selling products.

try

http://www.venezuelanalysis.com/articles.php?artno=1466

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%BAmate

http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?ItemID=8000


Sumate is a corporate US controled entity with a shady agenda.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

99. Enjoy your concrete pizza, fucker. -nt

[oc2002]

104. so what? a right wing duech-bag oped piece from the WP...so what?

op-ed piece is not news.

[Judi Lynn]

32. Longer version of the article released:

US bans arms sales to Venezuela: official 19 minutes ago

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Washington banned all U.S. arms sales to Venezuela on Monday, citing the major oil supplier's lack of help in the fight against terrorism, a State Department official said.

The move comes after years of antagonism between leftist Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and Washington on issues ranging from trade to oil prices that have dragged relations to their worst state in decades.

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, who was not authorized to speak for the record, said.

The United States decided to punish Venezuela by adding it to a blacklist of countries who are considered to "not fully cooperate" against terrorism. Hours earlier, the State Department announced it was restoring full diplomatic ties with oil-producing Libya, rewarding the long-time pariah nation for scrapping its weapons of mass destruction programs.
(snip/...)

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060515/pl_nm/venezuela_usa_dc;_ylt=A9G_RySwxmhEWTkBggJZ.3QA;_ylu=X3oDMTA5aHJvMDdwBHNlYwN5bmNhdA--

[IChing]

47. So this is gonna hurt our arms dealers LOL

Unbelievable,



Vizzini:
HE DIDN'T FALL? INCONCEIVABLE.

Inigo Montoya:
You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.

Vizzini:
You only think I guessed wrong - that's what's so funny. I switched glasses when your back was turned. Ha-ha, you fool. You fell victim to one of the classic blunders, the most famous of which is "Never get involved in a land war in Asia", but only slightly less well known is this: "Never go in against a Sicilian, when *death* is on the line.". Hahahahahah.

[EFerrari]

83. "Stop saying that!"

:)

[acmavm]

37. Somehow I doubt that Chavez got his feeling hurt over this one.

[ceile]

38. I was thinking the same thing. n/t

[lumpy]

40. This is not a war on terrorism

This is about who controls the oil. In so many words the administration admits that. Obviously Chavez wants Venezuela to have control over it's own resources. The WH demands that Venezuela has no relations with countries that Bushco doesn't agree with i.e. Cuba. Using the terrorism excuse for sanctioning any country is blantantly transparent. The US is losing it's stranglehold on control of other countries.

[IndianaGreen]

59. Anyone that opposes Bush is a terrorist, and that includes you and me!

Why do you think the NSA is spying on all Americans?

[distantearlywarning]

41. It's just amazing. Quite a coincidence.

All these "terrorist" nations just happen to be large oil producers. :eyes: When will we start hearing about the coming War with Venezuela?

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

44. I would support such a ban on arms sales if in exchange the U.S.

would quit selling any other arms to any other Latin American government and would end the meddling into the affairs of Latin America and fomenting coups, toppling governments, and propping up dictators whose main purpose is to sell out their countries to multinational corporations. Let Latin America handle its own affairs without U.S. interference.

[Joanne98]

49. Greg Palast' new book, "Armed Madhouse" explains a lot.....

About why Chavez is getting fucked with. Hugo Chavez wants to sign a contact with the US to guarentee Venezula oil at $50 a barrel for 10 years. But Bushco doesn't want to screw up their best friends the Saudi's. Bushco is protecting the cartel. Palast HAS DOCUMENTS to prove everything he's saying. The Chimperer can expect poll numbers in the teens when this shit gets out. GOD BLESS HUGO CHAVEZ!

[phoebe]

55. we are in for a really ugly time on this. No wonder Bush is so eager to

sell off ports to Arab friends.. However, Bushco's method is to always have us "look over there" when we need to look over here..keep your eyes on Berlusconi and the Italian helicopter story as a possible payoff for yellow cake story that's starting to bubble up - Curt Weldon, Rick Santorum are a couple of the players..

[MrBenchley]

53. A-a-and where are those gun rights advocates? Silent as the tomb

Turns out that "inherent right to go about heeled" isn't really such an inherent right, after all, I suppose....

But then the whole gun rights movement is nothing but right wing craziness and racism giggling to itself under a new sheet...

During 2004 when Chimpy told the National Guard Association that the militia in the Second Amendment was the National Guard (as the courts, the founding fathers, the ACLU and most non-loonies agree), they didn't say "boo." You'd still be hearing them screech if John Kerry or another Democrat had said such a thing.

When Kindasleezy Rice announced a couple weeks back that government (in that case Iraq) had a right and duty to impose gun control, there wasn't so much as a peep from folks like the NRA and GOA.

Go figure.

[hootinholler]

65. How about some actual proof of this accusation?

But then the whole gun rights movement is nothing but right wing craziness and racism giggling to itself under a new sheet...

I guess I'm a sheet-wearin good ol boy then. Your entire argument is a personal attack on the RKBA support movment.

-Hoot

[MrBenchley]

102. Look around....

"a personal attack on the RKBA support movment."
Which deserves what it gets. Now go cry about that to somebody who gives a shit.


The RKBA support movement honors its man of the year for 2004

[Vidar]

56. Bush hates truth-tellers such as Chavez.

[drduffy]

60. I'm tired of the goddamn American Empire

I want the Republic back. Screw Bush, and all of his minions.

[corporate_mike]

94. Move to Venezuela

Then you'll find out what poverty and injustice really is.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

98. What an idiotic reply. Then again we're used to that. n/t

[Ken Burch]

103. Venezuelans have no reason to think they'd be better off under capitalism.

You can't deny that Chavez is the first Venezuelan leader to do a damn thing for the poor and the workers.

Think Nicaragua AFTER 1990 turned into paradise? or Chile after 1973?

That's what you want if you're anti-Hugo.

[Piotr]

107. Some do. But I digress.

"You can't deny that Chavez is the first Venezuelan leader to do a damn thing for the poor and the workers."

Not true. Think grupo del 28, Rómulo Betancourt and Acción Democrática in 1947. Think Leopoldo López today.

"That's what you want if you're anti-Hugo (capitalism)."

That's not what *I* want. Not full fledged, anyway- and certainly not to the point where money and special interests alone determine law, order and elections.

[Doctor_J]

62. Maybe Smirk can turn Latin America against us too

Comes WW III, it'll be us and Israel against, well, everyone else.

[EFerrari]

84. Too late. Reagan did that. n/t

[dailykoff]

66. Proving again that the terrorists live in DC.

As if anybody needed proof.

[Judi Lynn]

67. Meanwhile, Venezuela may try to limp along even with the sanction!

From an opposition "newspaper:"

Caracas, Monday May 15 , 2006
Chile to make energy deal with Venezuela

Joint efforts on energy matters, including operations of state corporation Empresa Nacional del Petróleo de Chile (ENAP) in Venezuela are envisaged, Chilean Foreign Minister Alejandro Foxley said during an interview published Monday in Santiago's daily newspaper El Mercurio.

The official made the remarks Sunday night on TV channel Televisión Nacional de Chile (TVN) after returning from Europe, where he attended along with President Michelle Bachelet the Vienna Summit.

On that occasion, Bachelet met with her Venezuelan counterpart Hugo Chávez, who was lavish in praise on her and also offered natural gas for 150 years, DPA quoted.

"What we want is that ENAP, along with the appropriate business in Venezuela, see how they can work together. And, for instance, an idea that arouse in the meeting of the two presidents was that ENAP could operate in Venezuela, because there are some areas, where prospecting can be made for new deposits,"
(snip/)

http://english.eluniversal.com/2006/05/15/en_eco_art_15A707791.shtml

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Caracas, Monday May 15 , 2006
Venezuela, Paraguay target USD 30 million

A Venezuela-Paraguay business round started Monday in Caracas to make deals for USD 30 million, Alejandro Uzcátegui, the head of Empresarios por Venezuela (Empreven), estimated.

Over 15 Paraguayan companies in different areas, such as fabrics, footwear, drugs, detergent, and food, among others, are taking part in the event from Monday to Thursday, May 18th.

"We are certain that it will bear fruit for the two peoples, both in economic development and job creation," the Empreven CEO asserted.

Business rounds and dialogue tables would begin Monday afternoon to "increase the Paraguay-Venezuela balance of trade, which is small nowadays."

Additional organizations taking part in the business round include the Venezuelan-Paraguayan Chamber of Commerce, the Venezuelan Chapter of Mercosur International Chamber, the Paraguayan embassy to Caracas and the Ministry of Basic Industries and Mining (Mibam.)
(snip/)

http://english.eluniversal.com/2006/05/15/en_eco_art_15A707767.shtml

[ToeBot]

68. If Venezuela was forced to cut off their supply, how much more profit...

could the oil companies extort? Would it precipitate military action? Would it force even the non-Hawaiian Democrats to concede ANWR? At this point what does Bush have to lose by forcing the issue? His presidency is done, why shouldn't he just take the money and run? Six years at the same job, that must be some kind of record for him.

[Judi Lynn]

69. Chavez Brushes Aside U.S. Arms Sales Ban

Chavez Brushes Aside U.S. Arms Sales Ban

By Associated Press
May 15, 2006, 2:43 PM EDT

LONDON -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez brushed aside America's suspension of arms sales to his country Monday, saying "this doesn't matter to us at all."

The Venezuelan leader, on a visit to London, also said his government would not respond with punitive measures such as travel restrictions.

"It's the empire and it has a great capacity to do harm to the countries of the world," he said, referring to the U.S. as "an irrational empire."

The United States imposed the ban because of what it claims is a lack of support by Chavez's leftist government for counterterrorism efforts, the State Department said.
(snip/...)

http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-venezuela-us,0,6186205.story?coll=sns-ap-nationworld-headlines

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You undoubtedly recognize they simply make their statement with no foundation whatsoever, assuming you are going to buy whatever they tell you. We don't need to bother our pretty little heads with any kind of substance, apparently. That's because there isn't any.

_Bush is running his bidness like a very second rate, backward dictatorship. More evolved countries don't try to destabilize entire elected governments, and arrange coups against elected popular leaders.

A gentleman or woman as President would conduct himself/herself with a trace of dignity, not like a Roller Derby player.

[spanone]

71. We are straining to piss off everyone on this planet. Not doing too bad.

Taunting Chavez will only piss him off. This is typical bush* diplomacy. Hit first, blame later.

[HuffleClaw]

73. "its lack of help in the war on terrorism" ???!!!!

what the hell kind of BULLSHIT is that? 'lack of help in the war on terror'? are they fucking kidding? if that is criteria for sanctions, why not sanction the better part of the globe? what a pathetic excuse. just sickening.

[fshrink]

75. Today's Idiot's tantrum.

Another day at the office.

[EFerrari]

85. Just once I wish he'd do something that didn't make most of the

country cringe.

We're a nation of stoop shouldered squinters, already.

[Matilda]

80. Tit for tat?

Sunday, Chavez spoke in London against Bush's plans to invade Iran:

"'If the United States attacks Iran .... oil could reach $100 (52 pounds) a barrel or more' he said."

(snip)

"Mr Chavez called unrestricted free trade 'a trap by the world's most powerful so they can keep the
weakest in slavery'."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4771229.stm

Chavez tells the truth, and that's not something Bush has ever been comfortable with.

[struggle4progress]

81. U.S. bans weapons sales to Venezuela

BY STEVEN DUDLEY AND PABLO BACHELET
Knight Ridder Newspapers

WASHINGTON - The Bush administration has banned arms sales to Venezuela - which has been on a buying spree to prepare for an alleged U.S. invasion - accusing President Hugo Chavez of failing to cooperate in the war on terrorism and maintaining close ties to Cuba and Iran.

The decision announced Monday may be largely symbolic because Chavez has been buying the bulk of his weapons, including attack and transport helicopters, patrol boats and military transport airplanes, from Russia and Spain.

The first batch of 33 Russian helicopters arrived in Venezuela last month, and 33,000 of the 100,000 Russian Kalashnikov assault rifles that Chavez bought are expected this month. Caracas is also finalizing a deal with Spain to purchase eight military patrol boats and 10 military transport planes, and ramping up the training of a 2.5-million-member militia to fight a ``war of resistance'' against any U.S. invaders ...

http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/politics/14587083.htm

[Bacchus39]

89. almost meaningless

this would be like banning ski equipment to Venezuela.

[Canuckistanian]

92. Funny, I don't rememeber China "helping", either

Or Russia. Or a whole host of countries that refused to participate in the "Middle East war to end all Middle East wars"

[Cha]

95. Nah, nah, nanny..nanny nanny

Nanny! I'm gonna take my toys and you can't have them.

Good! Isn't there something creepy about Venezuela buying guns from the USA?

[dysfunctional press]

96. say goodbye to citgo stations?

I hope chavez starts sending "our" oil to china...or sells it cheap to the poorest nations.

[Judi Lynn]

100. U.S. Ban Sets Conditions for Attack, Venezuela's Rodriguez Says

U.S. Ban Sets Conditions for Attack, Venezuela's Rodriguez Says

May 16 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. decision to stop all commercial arms sales to Venezuela is intended to ``prepare the political conditions'' for an attack on the South American country, Foreign Minister Ali Rodriguez said.

The U.S. government climbed to ``new heights of cynicism and shamelessness'' with its decision to cut arms sales, saying President Hugo Chavez isn't doing enough to support its war on terrorism, Rodriguez said in a statement sent by e-mail.

``Behind its despicable accusations is a useless campaign of shame designed to isolate Venezuela, destabilize its democratic government and prepare the political conditions for an attack,'' Rodriguez said. ``They have failed and will continue to fail.''

The sanctions, which go into effect Oct. 1, threaten to worsen relations between the U.S. and Venezuela, among its top four oil suppliers. Chavez, 51, yesterday again accused the U.S. of seeking to remove him from office, including planning for a possible invasion.
(snip/...)

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000086&sid=aagOtpoUoRXQ&refer=latin_america

[Judi Lynn]

101. Also interesting: Argentina to Sell Venezuela $239 Mln in 2012 Bonds

Argentina to Sell Venezuela $239 Mln in 2012 Bonds (Update1)

May 16 (Bloomberg) -- Argentina will sell $239 million in 2012 dollar-denominated bonds to Venezuela, the biggest buyer of Argentine debt since the country's $95 billion bond default in 2001.

Argentina will sell the bonds, known as Bodens, to Venezuela at ``market prices,'' the government said today in its official gazette. With this sale, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez will have purchased $1.55 billion in Boden bonds this year, on top of more than $1 billion purchased in 2005.

Argentina, which had an open auction debt sale earlier this month, returned to direct bond sales to Venezuela after emerging-market debt yields rose in the past week, said bond analyst Juan Pablo Vera at Tavelli & Co. brokers in Buenos Aires. The yield on Argentina's 2011 dollar bonds rose to 8.36 percent today from 8.09 percent at the May 3 open auction, according to Bloomberg composite prices.
(snip)

Chavez said during a visit to Uruguay on Dec. 8 that he wants to make the region less dependent on policies endorsed by the World Bank and International Monetary Fund, and by extension, the U.S., which leads both organizations.
(snip/)

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000086&sid=azy0tieiYvhU&refer=latin_america