http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/chavez/ en-us Sun, 3 Jan 2010 01:08:08 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2419763/posts Caption El Presidente de Venezuela Drudge Report http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2419763/posts#comment Sun, 3 Jan 2010 01:08:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2419206/posts CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuelans accustomed to leisurely shopping sprees abroad now face a new annoyance: President Hugo Chavez wants to know exactly where they are going, what they are buying and how long they’ll be gone. Citizens must now tell the government where they are traveling and save their receipts to provide proof of how they spent the money. Violators may see their credit cards turned off. globalpost http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2419206/posts#comment Fri, 1 Jan 2010 22:56:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418775/posts Empire Strikes Back Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez had some choice words in response to Newsweek magazine's prediction that he would be ousted in a military coup in 2010. Chavez called the publication "the empire's magazine," saying in a televised address that: "They feed on hatred and the wishes of the imperialism that they represent — big money, big newspapers, the TV stations of the global bourgeoisie." Fox news http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418775/posts#comment Fri, 1 Jan 2010 03:12:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418220/posts Venezuela blames U.S. for destabilizing Iran www.chinaview.cn 2009-12-31 09:02:33 CARACAS, Dec. 30 (Xinhua) -- Venezuela on Wednesday blamed the United States for destabilizing Iran by instigating violent protests in the Asian country. The Venezuelan Foreign Ministry said in a statement that Venezuela rejects the destabilization attempts "promoted by the government of the United States against the government and people of Iran." "Venezuela is surprised that a group of countries led by the North American Empire are echoing a campaign to divide and spread violence among Iranians, in contravention of the fundamental norms of peace, non-interference and respect for sovereignty," the... Xinhua http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418220/posts#comment Thu, 31 Dec 2009 08:53:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417415/posts CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez said in a New Year's message the "illusion" around President Barack Obama was over and rich nations had left the world on the verge of ecological disaster. Quoting from both Karl Marx and the Virgin Mary, Latin America's leading critic of U.S. power said only socialist and Christian principles could right the wrongs of capitalism. "It's not an easy task, I acknowledge," Chavez said in a written message carried by state media on Monday. Chavez initially sought to foster good ties with Obama, shaking his hand and giving him a book at a... Reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417415/posts#comment Wed, 30 Dec 2009 04:15:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415045/posts Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez has told car companies they must share their technology with local businesses or leave the country. Mr Chavez gave the ultimatum to Toyota, Ford, General Motors and Fiat during a public address. BBC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415045/posts#comment Fri, 25 Dec 2009 19:45:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414938/posts CARACAS—Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has threatened to expropriate Toyota Motor Corp.'s local assembly plant if it doesn't produce more vehicles designed for rural areas and increase technology transfer. Mr. Chavez said late Wednesday that the Japanese auto maker needs to transfer more new technologies and manufacturing methods from headquarters to its local unit in Venezuela. While Mr. Chavez directed most of his criticism at Toyota, he said other auto assemblers, including Fiat SpA of Italy and General Motors of the U.S., are also guilty of not sharing technology from abroad with their Venezuelan units. Mr. Chavez said his socialist government... Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414938/posts#comment Fri, 25 Dec 2009 14:57:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414462/posts Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez told foreign automakers to share their technology with local businesses or they will be told to leave the country. http://www.br.co.za/index.php?fSectionId=566&fArticleId=5296745 Business Report http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414462/posts#comment Thu, 24 Dec 2009 14:54:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414436/posts VENEZUELA President Hugo Chavez threatened today to expropriate Toyota's local assembly plant if it did not produce an adequate number of vehicles designed for rural areas. Mr Chavez said his socialist government was going to apply strict quotas regarding the number and types of vehicles firms could produce. He ordered an immediate inspection of Toyota's facilities to see how many "rustic vehicles" they were currently producing. "They'll have to fulfil (the quotas), and if not, they can get out," said Mr Chavez during a televised address. "We'll bring in another company." He said if the inspection showed Toyota was not... The Australian http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414436/posts#comment Thu, 24 Dec 2009 14:24:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412105/posts Speaking during his weekly television and radio program, Mr Chavez said the aircraft overflew a Venezuelan military base in the western state of Zulia after taking off from neighbouring Columbia. He did not elaborate, but suggested the plane was being used for espionage. "These are the Yankees. They are entering Venezuela," he said. "I've ordered them to be shot down," Mr Chavez said of the aircraft. "We cannot permit this." The Telegraph http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412105/posts#comment Mon, 21 Dec 2009 11:14:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2411942/posts Link only because its AP. Title says it all. yahoo / AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2411942/posts#comment Mon, 21 Dec 2009 01:13:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411445/posts Colombia has announced it will build a new military base near its border with Venezuela, in a move likely to further strain its tense ties with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. Defense Minister Gabriel Silva said Friday that the base, located on the Guajira peninsula near the city of Nazaret, would have up to 1,000 troops. "It is a strategic point from a defense point of view," Silva said. Army Commander General Oscar Gonzalez meanwhile announced Saturday that six air battalions were being activated, including two on the border with Venezuela. Venezuela shares a ...1,250-mile border with Colombia . In November... AFP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411445/posts#comment Sun, 20 Dec 2009 01:37:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2410487/posts Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said he "still" smelled sulfur after President Obama made a keynote speech at the Copenhagen climate conference Friday, accusing the American president of carrying same satanic Chavez believes followed Obama's predecessor, George W. Bush. Chavez, who was not included on the original list of speakers for the final day of the summit, ended the proceedings with bitter references to the Peace Prize-winning Obama as the "Nobel Prize of War." "The Nobel Prize of War just finished saying here that he is here to act. Well, show it sir. Don't leave by the back door," he... Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2410487/posts#comment Fri, 18 Dec 2009 16:44:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2410431/posts Here is video of Venezuelan Dictator Hugo Chavez in Copenhagen today calling President Barack Obama the "Nobel War Prize," and saying Obama left the podium smelling of "sulphur," just as he accused President George W. Bush. The phrase "it smells of sulphur here" is his euphemism for calling Obama "Satan." He also chided Obama for "leaving by the back door." Chavez - the Evil Clown - said: If Obama, Nobel War Prize, said here - by the way, it smells of sulphur here. It smells of sulphur. It keeps smelling of sulphur in this world. The Nobel War Prize has... Freedom's Lighthouse http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2410431/posts#comment Fri, 18 Dec 2009 15:48:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409785/posts These maniacs in Copenhagen are voting on your future: President Chavez brought the house down. When he said the process in Copenhagen was “not democratic, it is not inclusive, but isn’t that the reality of our world, the world is really and imperial dictatorship…down with imperial dictatorships” he got a rousing round of applause. When he said there was a “silent and terrible ghost in the room” and that ghost was called capitalism, the applause was deafening. But then he wound up to his grand conclusion – 20 minutes after his 5 minute speaking time was supposed to have ended... Herald Sun (Australia) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409785/posts#comment Thu, 17 Dec 2009 19:24:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409529/posts President Chavez brought the house down. When he said the process in Copenhagen was “not democratic, it is not inclusive, but isn’t that the reality of our world, the world is really and imperial dictatorship…down with imperial dictatorships” he got a rousing round of applause. When he said there was a “silent and terrible ghost in the room” and that ghost was called capitalism, the applause was deafening. But then he wound up to his grand conclusion – 20 minutes after his 5 minute speaking time was supposed to have ended and after quoting everyone from Karl Marx to Jesus... Herald Sun http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409529/posts#comment Thu, 17 Dec 2009 14:42:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2409350/posts Madman Hugo Chavez in Copenhagen goes after Capitalism calling it a ghost running thought the streets, and then says Obama won the Nobel Prize the same day as he sent 30k troops off to kill innocent people (Video) hotairpundit http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2409350/posts#comment Thu, 17 Dec 2009 06:33:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409354/posts If you listen to U.S. officialdom, Iran is a pariah, cast out by the world community for its sanctions-violating, nuclear-wannabe ways. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has just warned Latin American nations that in choosing to "flirt with Iran," they should "think twice." Last month, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs told the press that Iran is "choosing to isolate itself." But is Iran really isolated? Fresh from a meeting in Tehran with the head of the terrorist group Hamas, Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is free to rub shoulders at the United Nations climate conference in Copenhagen with a UN summit... Forbes http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409354/posts#comment Thu, 17 Dec 2009 06:44:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409347/posts Firebrand leaders Hugo Chavez, Evo Morales and Robert Mugabe turned up the heat at the UN climate talks, dumping the blame for global warming squarely at the feet of capitalism. Mr Chavez, the President of Venezuela, was one of the first world leaders to take the podium at the venue of the Copenhagen talks. He seized the occasion to characterise newly-minted Nobel Peace laureate US President Barack Obama as a warmonger. "I don't think Obama is here yet," said Mr Chavez. "He got the Nobel Peace Prize almost the same day as he sent 30,000 soldiers to kill innocent people... AFP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409347/posts#comment Thu, 17 Dec 2009 06:19:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409342/posts THE Copenhagen climate summit was pretty much summed up in the high-level segment yesterday when Penny Wong's speech was interrupted by whistles and chanting and Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez got a standing ovation. President Chavez brought the house down. When he said the process in Copenhagen was “not democratic, it is not inclusive, but isn’t that the reality of our world, the world is really and imperial dictatorship…down with imperial dictatorships” he got a rousing round of applause. When he said there was a “silent and terrible ghost in the room” and that ghost was called capitalism, the applause was... The Australian http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409342/posts#comment Thu, 17 Dec 2009 06:08:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2408923/posts Bravo to Douglas Farah for disclosing how a terrorist conference is being held in Caracas, featuring representatives from FARC, ETA, the Communist Party of El Salvador, what’s left of the Red Brigades, and other terrorist groups. With the exception of FARC, these aren’t exactly top-tier terrorist groups, but they subscribe to the radical Marxist-Leninist doctrine of Chavez and Castro. Could Venezuela be trying to resurrect the terrorist groups the reigned during the Cold War? World Threats http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2408923/posts#comment Wed, 16 Dec 2009 19:19:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2407876/posts Cuba's former leader Fidel Castro has accused the US of plotting to overthrow left-wing governments in Latin America. The "friendly smile" of US President Barack Obama could not be trusted, Mr Castro said in remarks read out at a summit of leftist leaders in Havana. His comments were echoed by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and other regional leaders at the meeting. Fidel Castro's remarks suggest hopes for a thaw in US-Cuba ties may be waning, correspondents say. BBC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2407876/posts#comment Tue, 15 Dec 2009 14:19:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2405671/posts The de facto government of Honduras withdrew its offer Thursday to deposed President Manuel Zelaya of safe passage out of the country, asserting he could leave only if he renounced his claim to the office. The actions by Honduras' coup-installed rulers threw cold water on efforts to free Zelaya from the Brazilian Embassy... "I could be here 10 years," Zelaya said...he saidhe was being required to sign a letter of resignation in exchange for being allowed to leave, terms he branded "blackmail." At Zelaya's request, Mexico on Wednesday requested safe passage for him and dispatched a presidential jet to fetch... LA Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2405671/posts#comment Fri, 11 Dec 2009 20:50:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2404217/posts Americas: Venezuela's Hugo Chavez was all bluster last weekend, flashing his missiles, hurling insults and spoiling for a fight with Colombia. The big danger here isn't Chavez, but growing White House indifference to an ally. This fall, when U.S. officials agreed to expanded military-base access in Colombia to fight drug trafficking and terrorism, it never occurred to them how much Chavez would use the arrangement as a pretext for aggression. "They are preparing a war against us," Chavez said Monday. So from Russia, he said, "thousands of missiles are arriving," along with T-72 military tanks "to strengthen our armored divisions."... Investors.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2404217/posts#comment Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:29:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2403605/posts SNIPPET: "Venezuela's Marxist leader, Hugo Chavez, is receiving "thousands" of reliable, accurate, and very portable Russian ground-to-air missiles as part of a military buildup supposedly in anticipation of an anticipated U.S. assault. Chavez knows that there is no chance that the Obama administration will launch an attack against his regime. The real reason for Chavez's missile purchase and his military buildup in general remains hidden and disturbing. Chavez states that he is enraged that neighboring Colombia is permitting the United States to use six bases on Colombian territory. The troops had been stationed in Ecuador, but were expelled that nation's... INATODAY.com - INTERNATIONAL NEWS ANALYSIS TODAY http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2403605/posts#comment Wed, 9 Dec 2009 12:49:57 GMT