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| Chavez & Aristide Become Buddies |
| 2004-03-17 |
| via Seattle Times Venezuela offers asylum to Aristide Venezuela’s strongly anti-American president yesterday offered asylum to former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, echoing allegations that Washington, D.C., "kidnapped" him into exile. Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez also said he would not recognize the Haitian transition government being formed by Prime Minister Gerard Latortue. An official said none of the 11 of 13 Cabinet ministers chosen so far came from Aristide’s Lavalas Family Party. Chávez told a nationwide address yesterday that "the doors of Venezuela are open" to the former president, who resigned and fled Haiti on Feb. 29, spent two weeks in the Central African Republic and arrived Monday in Jamaica to reunite with his family. Chávez’s offer of asylum is certain to whet the already sharp edges in U.S. relations with the leftist populist Chávez, whose oil-rich nation is all but politically paralyzed by a drive to recall him. Anyone’s Surprise Meter register? |
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| #7 Hey, Jean-Bertrand, have you heard about our new training program? We're going to train ten Haitian squads of six as snipers. We're going to get the sixty best men in Haiti and train them to shoot the eyes out of seagulls at 1000 yards, on the wing. We're going to pick them from volunteers who hate your guts so bad, they can't wait to shoot you. Then we're going to see they get all the voodoo charms Haiti can provide, so they can move totally unseen. Think about it, Jean-Bertrand, and consider your future - yours and whoever ends up giving you final sanctuary. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2004-3-17 11:30:25 PM |
| #6 It doesn't sound like a Seattle Times story. Let's try: Democratically-elected Haitian President Aristide was offered asylum by democratically elected Venezuelan President Chavez. Chavez was nearly deposed by a coup that some say was backed by the Bush administration, while Aristide has stated that he was forced into exile by the US. Heck, that even sounds good enough for the New York Times. |
| Posted by: Jackal 2004-3-17 9:07:04 PM |
| #5 "Hey Aristide! We're coming, you're going, and, oh, you left already!" |
| Posted by: Raj 2004-3-17 12:44:45 PM |
| #4 This is now getting silly. |
| Posted by: Hiryu 2004-3-17 11:21:54 AM |
| #3 Birds of a feather, birds of a feather.... |
| Posted by: Sgt. Mom 2004-3-17 10:12:03 AM |
| #2 They can share a plane to Cuba after Chavez gets kicked out of Venezuela. |
| Posted by: Steve 2004-3-17 9:42:46 AM |
| #1 He can earn his keep by helping to train the new terror squads. |
| Posted by: B 2004-3-17 7:50:32 AM |