Posted on 12/08/2007 10:09:06 PM PST by Enchante
The U.S. government eagerly reached out to Venezuelan presidential candidate Hugo Chavez in 1998 and moved quickly to denounce a rumored coup plot against the man who's become one of the Bush administration's archenemies, newly declassified State Department documents obtained by McClatchy Newspapers reveal.
State Department officials initially appeared dazzled by Chavez's oversized persona and his promise for sweeping reforms, and seemed sincere in their efforts to help him, the documents show. Some of those overtures drew positive responses from Chavez, who said he wanted U.S. help in fighting corruption and drug trafficking....
...A Jan. 20, 1999, cable setting the scene for a meeting between Chavez and President Bill Clinton a week later said that Chavez's proposals for democratic and constitutional changes could become a model for other nations.
(Excerpt) Read more at ledger-enquirer.com ...
Just like Fidel Castro...
This is part of the thing that makes Chavez’s statements about “The US wants to kill me” so bizarre, if we had wanted Mr. Chavez “dead” he would have been killed during the failed counter coup attempt...
Clinton’s a brown noser
and according to Andrew Young a Brown hoser
It’s about Hemispheric integration. The Term “democractic” is very different to the State Department than Caracas. The US was on the verge of a FTA and then Chavez pissed on it. Oh that didn’t make Washington very happy. Never make Washington angry.
File for later use.
The State Dept. is so inept it is still dazzled by Mugabe.
You beat me to it! Yes, this is exactly like Fidel Castro. Will we ever learn?
What’s the difference between the clintonistas and chaveztistas political ideology?
nothing, nothing at all.
You beat me to it! Yes, this is exactly like Fidel Castro. Will we ever learn?
Not until our State Department is turned inside out and completely revamped.
So now we know. Carter did it for the Iranian mullahs and Clinton did it for Chavez.
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