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2008-01-28 Caribbean-Latin America

Chávez pushes for withdrawal of international reserves from U.S. banks

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Posted by Frank G 2008-01-28 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 South American free trade deal?
You can only trade bananas and cigars so many different ways until you die of malnutrition.

Posted by Jeremiah Jaiting2214 2008-01-28 07:32|| 2008-01-28 07:32|| Front Page Top

#2 Or lung cancer. Of course, you might want to chew coca paste to ease the pain and forget the hunger.

Posted by anonymous5089 2008-01-28 07:34|| 2008-01-28 07:34|| Front Page Top

#3 Daniel Ortega, the president of Nicaragua, joined Chávez in his criticism of U.S.-style capitalism, saying "the dictatorship" of global capitalism "has lost control." Three days earlier, Ortega had shouted "Long live the U.S. government" as he inaugurated an American-financed section of highway in his country.

Its funny watching Danny boy try to straddle the fence.

Posted by Dopey Flotle8127 2008-01-28 12:01|| 2008-01-28 12:01|| Front Page Top

#4 My tax dollars went to finance a highway in Nicaragua? While Interstate 5 is gridlocked and crumbling in San Diego? Huh?

Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2008-01-28 12:37|| 2008-01-28 12:37|| Front Page Top

#5 I say "Take your money and go" they don't realize that it works both ways, you remove your cash, you also remove your influence, it's a one-time threat, once removed, you also remove the threat.

Go, be damned, don't come back when you've spent it all and are starving.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2008-01-28 15:08|| 2008-01-28 15:08|| Front Page Top

#6 Hugo instituted currency controls a while back, trying to prevent the middle class from moving their money off shore. I wonder if that's pinching right now.

Posted by lotp 2008-01-28 15:26|| 2008-01-28 15:26|| Front Page Top

#7 What Hugo doesn't understand is the money is in US banks because they don't get nationalized or suddenly lose the money. Even if you hate us the investment is safe, although if we hate you it might get frozen but then again you can't hide from that anywhere really.

Posted by rjschwarz 2008-01-28 15:38|| 2008-01-28 15:38|| Front Page Top

#8 This assumes Hugo has any financial reserves left after mismanaging his oil industry.

Al

Posted by Frozen Al">Frozen Al 2008-01-28 20:58|| 2008-01-28 20:58|| Front Page Top

#9 Frozen Al is right, Hugo's probably living on "Future Earnings" anticipated from oil.

"I'll gladly pay you Thursday for a Hamburger Today", immediately pops to mind, take whatever money you have and vanish into the obscurity of History Books.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2008-01-28 21:47|| 2008-01-28 21:47|| Front Page Top

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