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Pastimes : Plan Colombia
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To: Thomas M. who wrote (21)5/20/2003 2:43:32 AM
From: Thomas M.  Read Replies (1) of 49
 
Once again, the possibility has arisen that someone will run a 3rd-World economy for the benefit of its own population. Here is a whiff of the contempt that the American elite feel toward such a person:

Chavez puppet sparks protests

Grace Livingstone in Caracas
Monday May 19, 2003
The Guardian

A puppet show at the US ambassador's residence in Caracas
has strained Venezuela's already tense relationship with
Washington.

A comedian brandishing a rubber-lipped effigy of Venezuela's
leftwing president, Hugo Chavez, entertained an audience of
Venezuelan newspaper proprietors and television moguls at an
event hosted by the American ambassador, Charles Shapiro,
last week.

[continued ...]

guardian.co.uk

Note especially:

. . . the performance did not go down well with the Venezuelan audience.
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