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Scoop: Hugo Chávez Going to Bolivia's Chapare It all began last April in Caracas, when Bolivian Congressman and coca growers' leader Evo Morales met, for the first time, with Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez... and the sole journalist present was Narco News' Alex Contreras...It continued here, on BigLeftOutside, on October 19, when we translated that the Venezuelan head of state, for the first time, publicly defended the coca leaf and the indigenous who have used it for millenia....Now, a scoop...BigLeftOutside has learned:Chávez, after next week's Latin American Presidents Summit in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, is going to the coca-growing Chapare region, accompanied...

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It's official. The Galveston County Young Republicans (GCYR) chapter's "Shock and Awe" chili is registered to compete in the NASA JSC chili cookoff on May 3rd. Let's roll! We'll send out details later, but we need folks to think about what they can donate to make this a great publicity event for our chapter, while being a lot of fun. We're going to need everyone to come out to help or just support us by coming out to enjoy the fun. If you have never attended the JSC cookoff, it's a blast. The general public can attend, since the NASA...

Bush Rejects Saddam Debate, Offers Chili Cookoff (2003-02-24) -- U.S. President George Bush today dismissed Saddam Hussein's invitation to debate, but the former Texas Governor challenged the Iraqi dictator to a chili cookoff. Mr. Bush said he would meet the Mr. Hussein at a location of his choosing for a competition under the auspices of the International Chili Society. "If you want to talk about a global organization that has my respect," he added, "There's none greater than the International Chili Society. They understand the importance of the rule of law." Mr. Bush said he'll use the recipe that won...

Posted on Tue, Dec. 03, 2002 Henry Kissinger is a poor choice to investigate Sept. 11 By Mike Pope KNIGHT RIDDER NEWSPAPERS Henry Kissinger should be tried for crimes against humanity, not put in charge of a commission to investigate the Sept. 11 tragedy. During his years working for the disgraceful Nixon regime and the unelected Ford administration, Kissinger prosecuted private and illegal wars that cost hundreds of thousands of Cambodian, Vietnamese, Timorese and Chilean lives. He is not independent of the failures of the U.S. military intelligence complex. Rather, he is a party to them. The Bush administration fought...