[Cincinatus' Wife]

Venezuela's Power Shift Condemned

[xm177e2]

Iran Sees U.S. Behind Chavez's Venezuela Ouster

And so do the dorks at IndyMedia... but who cares?

[etcetera]

Hey, if this was a CIA operation I say, "Good work!". Finally the CIA gets one right!

[dennisw]

It sure looks like the events in Venezuela got the attention of the Arab oil producers and the Iranians. Signal being sent them is the USA got rid of Chavez and you might be next. At minimum we will fund insurgents and tribes that will rise up and fight you. You bother us and we will find ways to bother you.

The CIA is once again a player. The USA extends it reach to South America today and tomorrow the MidEast

[livius]

No matter what we did or didn't do, they would have attributed it to us. Just one of the burdens of being the Great Satan, I guess.

[jalisco555]

The Iranian dictators know that their people will be emboldened by the actions of the Venezuelans and so they are desperately trying to blame this on the CIA. They know that Chavez's fate will soon be theirs.

[wretchard]

I think the Iranians are right, it was an American torpedo that sank Chavez's ship of state in the night. But are they drawing the correct inferences? Therefore Iran must continue it's war against the Great Satan, which has never held an inch of Iranian soil? Or therefore the Ayatollahs are doomed to follow Chavez to the bottom of the ocean?

[Bogie]

CIA? To a certain extent, perhaps. But really, when was the last time you saw labor unions against a commie leader? Poland in 1980 perhaps?

It dosen't happen often, and when it does there is usualy something genuine about it.

[SolitaryMan]

Wasn't he an active supporter of Columbia's FARC?

[Maceman]

Hey you Iranian Islamofascist oppressors of your people -- you're NEXT!

[chilepepper]

What? Do I hear the gnashing of teeth?

[AdvisorB]

Thank you for the job you have done keeping us informed about the breaking news coming out of Venezuela. I believe that the ouster of the leftist-populist chavez was a watershed event in our fight against the forces of world terrorism. Little hugo had thrown his lot in with the ayatollahs and saddams of this world, so he was directly responsible for his overthrow. This is a major setback for opec, and those who support shahids, and hence, a victory for the US and the western world. I hope that they will try chavez in a military court along with many of his top supporters who were instrumental in the deaths of those innocent Venezuelan protestors. They must not allow these beasts to scurry back to the cuban hive. They must meet their end before Venezuealan firing squads.

[Tijeras_Slim]

Iran needs some industrial strength tin-foil.

Really, can anyone believe that the US could get 200,000 people in any Latin American country to turn out to protest for something that Uncle Sam wants? LOL!!

[American in Israel]

?Iran Sees U.S. Behind Chavez's Venezuela Ouster

Well that is different, Instead of the usual Joo plot this one is an American Plot. We have made the big time in the little town.

[Kermit]

"Iran, which had built up friendly ties with deposed Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, said Saturday the fiery populist's ouster by the military was in part hatched by the United States."

Darn right, muthas and your regime is on our list. Start packin'!

[Lockbox]

the fiery populist's ouster by the military was in part hatched by the United States.

and who’s next?????????????

[PhilDragoo]

U.S. GAVE GREEN LIGHT FOR COUP COUP CA-CHOO

Source: Hookah-smoking Iranian Caterpillar Eggman

BIOGRAPHY
Ambassador Otto J. Reich
Assistant Secretary of State,
Western Hemisphere Affairs

Otto Juan Reich was sworn in as Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs on January 11, 2002. He has spent over 30 years in hemispheric affairs, in government, private enterprise, and the U.S. military.

From 1989 to 2001, Ambassador Reich was in private practice, advising U.S. and multinational clients on government relations, market access and strategic planning, as a partner in the Brock Group and later as President of his own consulting firm.

From 1986 to 1989 Ambassador Reich served as U.S. Ambassador to Venezuela, for which he received the highest awards of both the State Department and the Republic of Venezuela. As Special Adviser to the Secretary of State from 1983-1986, he established and managed the inter-agency Office of Public Diplomacy for Latin America and the Caribbean at the Department of State, which received the Department's Meritorious Honor Award.

From 1981 to 1983 he was Assistant Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) in charge of U.S economic assistance to Latin America and the Caribbean. In 1991 and 1992, as a private citizen and at the request of President George H.W. Bush, Ambassador Reich served as Alternate U.S. Representative to the UN Human Rights Commission in Geneva.

His prior experience includes service as Washington Director of the Council of the Americas; Community Development Coordinator for the City of Miami, Florida; International Representative of the State of Florida Department of Commerce; and staff assistant in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Ambassador Reich's military service included duty as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Army (1967-1969) in the 3rd Civil Affairs Detachment (Airborne), Panama Canal Zone. He received a Bachelor's degree in International Studies from the University of North Carolina (1966) and a Master's degree in Latin American Studies from Georgetown University (1973). He has appeared regularly in U.S. and Latin America news media and was co-host of CNN International's "Choque de Opiniones," a Spanish-language version of CNN's "Crossfire."

Ambassador Reich has been a Director of numerous private and non-profit corporations.