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Rumors swirl over Venezuela's Chavez
Agencia EFE ^
| May 29, 2005
Posted on 05/29/2005 9:59:11 PM PDT by HAL9000
Caracas, May 29 (EFE).- Rumors swirled Sunday about the whereabouts of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, who did not deliver a scheduled address to supporters a day earlier and whose weekly show was replaced by a volleyball match. "The president's program yielded its spot to the match between Venezuela and Brazil because of prior international commitments with the World Volleyball League," Communications Minister Andres Izarra said during a brief appearance on state-owned Venezolana de Television.
The minister said Chavez's weekly show would return next Sunday. Izarra's statement at 11:35 a.m. (1535 GMT) was intended to put an end to the rumors and speculation in the Venezuelan media about the whereabouts of Chavez, whose show did not air in its regular Sunday time slot of 11:00 a.m. (1500 GMT).
The rumors started Saturday, when Chavez did not show up for a previously scheduled appearance at a march in Caracas to demand that the United States extradite anti-Castro militant Luis Posada Carriles, a suspect in the 1976 bombing of a Cuban airliner.
Vice President Jose Vicente Rangel announced at the last minute Saturday that Chavez would not be taking part in the march.
"Chavez will not be with us this afternoon. I understand your reaction, but we have to get used to the fact that Chavez is human, that he can't permanently be in all places," Rangel said, without explaining the reasons for the president's absence. EFE rr/hv
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: caracas; chavez; hugo; hugochavez; venezuela
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posted on
05/29/2005 9:59:14 PM PDT
by
HAL9000
To: HAL9000
Got himself stuck in a meat grinder... (*fingers crossed*)
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posted on
05/29/2005 10:01:15 PM PDT
by
coconutt2000
(NO MORE PEACE FOR OIL!!! DOWN WITH TYRANTS, TERRORISTS, AND TIMIDCRATS!!!! (3-T's For World Peace))
To: HAL9000
Let's hope he follows that other fine tradition of commie leaders and got a cold. (Paging Brezhnev and Andropov)
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posted on
05/29/2005 10:01:19 PM PDT
by
Dr.Hilarious
(If Al Qaeda took over the judiciary and mainstream media, would we know the difference?)
To: All
Maybe he stood in front of a open window too long.
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posted on
05/29/2005 10:02:36 PM PDT
by
pepperhead
(Kennedy's float, Mary Jo's don't!)
To: HAL9000
...Chavez is human, that he can't permanently be in all places...I'm sure that many Venezuelans would like to arrange that for him.
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posted on
05/29/2005 10:02:44 PM PDT
by
FreePaul
To: HAL9000
I'll do a jig right down Broadway if he has assumed room temperature
Comment #7 Removed by Moderator
To: HAL9000
Accidently stepped in front of a stray bullet? (we hope)
8
posted on
05/29/2005 10:03:13 PM PDT
by
ARCADIA
(Abuse of power comes as no surprise)
To: HAL9000
Maybe Goss really is fixing the CIA...
9
posted on
05/29/2005 10:03:31 PM PDT
by
notfondajane
(I did think Barbarella was kinda cool though.)
To: notfondajane
10
posted on
05/29/2005 10:06:22 PM PDT
by
datura
(Molon Labe)
To: notfondajane
11
posted on
05/29/2005 10:06:39 PM PDT
by
Liberty Valance
(If you must filibuster, it's because you don't have the votes to win honestly)
To: HAL9000
He eloped with Jimmy Carter.
To: LdSentinal
It was discovered that he had some doubts about himself, and he was arrested.
13
posted on
05/29/2005 10:10:42 PM PDT
by
oblomov
To: coconutt2000
Playing cards with Yassir Arafat.
14
posted on
05/29/2005 10:11:10 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(O beautiful for patriot dream - that sees beyond the years)
To: coconutt2000
Got himself stuck in a meat grinder... (*fingers crossed*)Mine are crossed as well.
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posted on
05/29/2005 10:18:10 PM PDT
by
processing please hold
(Islam and Christianity do not mix ----9-11 taught us that)
To: HAL9000
How interesting--first he DEMANS we extradite this guy; then he says he didn't meant to sound as if he was DEMANDING the extradition; then he doesn't show up for the rally. He's totally cuckoo (and paranoid--he's afraid we will assassinate him) so who knows what's up?
To: ARCADIA
In a most unfortunate suicide... he shot himself 4 times in the back of the head.
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posted on
05/29/2005 10:23:20 PM PDT
by
Betaille
(Capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; Socialism is the equal sharing of miseries)
To: coconutt2000
If it's a 50 calibre variety meat grinder, he's been recycled into the small mammal food chain, or fish food, depending on where the conversion took place. Castro should take note.
I've seen some pictures from Iraq, and those 50's can make earthly maladies like headaches and arthritis disappear in an instant.
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posted on
05/29/2005 10:28:16 PM PDT
by
kylaka
To: HAL9000
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posted on
05/29/2005 10:32:18 PM PDT
by
WestVirginiaRebel
(Carnac: A siren, a baby and a liberal. Answer: Name three things that whine.)
To: HAL9000
"He can't permanently be in all places"Let's hope he's now permanently in one place...
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posted on
05/29/2005 10:33:53 PM PDT
by
WestVirginiaRebel
(Carnac: A siren, a baby and a liberal. Answer: Name three things that whine.)
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