Chavez makes surprise visit to Cuba

AFP on Yahoo ^ | 2/21/09 | AFP

[NormsRevenge]

HAVANA (AFP) – Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez was in Cuba on Saturday, paying a surprise visit to the island after a major poll win last Sunday.

It is the Venezuelan leader's first trip abroad since winning a referendum on February 15 that removed term limits on his presidency.

Standing arm-in-arm with Chavez on his arrival late Friday, Cuban President Raul Castro raised the Venezuelan leader's fist in victory, declaring "I do this in Fidel's name" -- a reference to his brother, a long-time friend of Chavez.

[GSP.FAN]

[NormsRevenge]

ap on yahoo has..

Chavez sees Fidel twice in surprise Cuba trip

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090222/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/cb_cuba_venezuela_1

HAVANA – Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has met twice with the ailing 82-year-old Fidel Castro during a surprise 24-hour visit to Cuba.

[Glenn]

Match in the gas tank,

Boom Boom!

Someone kill this guy before he gets into real trouble.

[NormsRevenge]

Leon Panetta is all over it. ;-)

[Glenn]

Leon Panetta is all over it. ;-)

I'm sure he is!

[He who knoweth not his name]

LOL, Nice pic. Mini-Hitler. He should skip the war and go straight to the bunker.

[RegulatorCountry]

What? A “surprise?” I can just hear little Hugo now: “Hola, Raul, I was just schlepping around the Caribbean, and thought I'd pop in for a little photo op. Do you mind?”

LOL! Totalitarian regimes don't “do” surprise.

[GSP.FAN]

Chavez will be around for awhile,i doubt he will get to the bunker,most likely assanination.

[ETL]

From an earlier visit...

Hey, would you like to go
to my place and see my
Che Guevara stamp collection?

[bestintxas]

He is seeking his retirement home in Havana.

With crude prices in the tank, his ambitions cannot be realized and giveaways he has used to gain friends is on hold.

Once the Venezuelans realize how he has destroyed the country’s economy, they will turn on him, and he will be lucky to escape to his ultimate retirement home.