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From: LindyBill	3/15/2005 9:04:04 PM
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Petro Dollars Fuel Chavez's Leftist Agenda geopoliticalreview.com The Financial Times reports that the Bush administration is crafting a policy to "contain" Venezuela's leftist leader Hugo Chavez. This article makes it clear that record high gas prices are filling the coffers of Chavez and allowing him to provide targeted and extensive support to leftist causes in Latin America. Here is an excerpt: A strategy aimed at fencing in the government of the world's fifth-largest oil exporter is being prepared at the request of President George W. Bush and Condoleezza Rice, secretary of state, senior US officials say. The move signals a renewed interest by the administration in a region that has been relatively neglected in recent years. Roger Pardo-Maurer, deputy assistant secretary for western hemisphere affairs at the US Department of Defense, said the Venezuela policy was being developed because Mr Chávez was employing a “hyena strategy” in the region. “Chávez is a problem because he is clearly using his oil money and influence to introduce his conflictive style into the politics of other countries,” Mr Pardo-Maurer said in an interview with the Financial Times. “He's picking on the countries whose social fabric is the weakest,” he added. “In some cases it's downright subversion.” Mr Chávez, whose government has enjoyed bumper export revenues during his six years in office thanks to high oil prices, has denied that he is aiding insurgent groups in countries such as Bolivia, Colombia and Peru. But a tougher stance from the US appears to be in the offing, a move that is likely to worsen strained bilateral relations. We have an update courtesy of AFP on Chavez's recent allegations that the U.S. is planning to assassinate him. As it turns out, the U.S. actually warned Chavez in 2004 of an assassination plot against him. This does not exactly sound like the actions of a country contemplating an assassination. On a related note, Chavez has come out in support of Iran's nuclear program.

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