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They are probably still pissed about that piece of country we carved off and called Panama...

Power can be good, but it can also inspire hatred.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

And jealously.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Put Politics Before Economy - Venezuela's Chavez Slams Pan-American Trade Pact*** Chavez proposed instead a social and political pact called the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas, named after Simon Bolivar, the 19th century general who struggled in vain to politically unite South America. "We don't even need anything like Mercosur (a trade bloc grouping Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay), because we can't put the economy first in terms of integration. Political unity needs to come first," he said.

Chavez's opponents, who have organized months of violent protests, accuse him of authoritarian, communist-style rule in the world's No. 5 oil exporting nation. One person was killed and 22 hurt on Saturday when shooting erupted at an anti-Chavez rally in Caracas. The Venezuelan leader declined to comment on the violence, which came a day after government and opposition negotiators agreed to a pact that could lead to a referendum on his rule. ***

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They are probably still pissed about that piece of country we carved off and called Panama...

Didn't we give that back or at least we got rid of it? Now it's in the hands of the Chinese isn't it?