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| The limits of Chávism |
| 2006-06-06 |
| He has been fêted by China, Iran, Russia and Ken Livingstone. He has used rising oil revenues to buy support in Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Bolivia, Cuba, Nicaragua and America. But on Sunday President Hugo Chávez of Venezuela was checked in his drive to create an anti-American bloc south of the Rio Grande: his preferred candidate in the Peruvian presidential election, Ollanta Humala, was soundly defeated by Alan GarcÃa. Mr Chávez had hoped that Mr Humala, a Left-wing populist, would bring Peru into the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas, a regional group conceived as a counterweight to the Washington-backed Free Trade Area of the Americas. |
| Posted by:ryuge |
| #1 I wonder if Hugo sees himself as a tub thumper. If the Revolution hits the Canal, the 82d AA will go back to Panama. No doubt. That should be interesting to watch given the current media hysterics. |
| Posted by: WarHorse6 2006-06-06 08:52 |