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Clinton Chats With Chavez at Brazil Inauguration
Despite a simmering diplomatic row, President Hugo Chavez and US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton were seen having a brief, friendly chat at the inauguration of Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff. The encounter Saturday came only three days after the United States revoked the visa of Venezuela's ambassador in Washington, in reprisal for Chavez's rejection of the US president's appointed ambassador to Caracas. You must login to comment. The Fox Nation is for those opposed to intolerance, excessi...

Hillary Clinton and Hugo Chavez: the face of Obama's engagement
A fundamental tenet of President Obama's change to believe in is diplomatic engagement with countries that are less than friendly toward los estados unidos. The friendly outreach hasn't produced much but embarrassing rebuffs from Iran, which continues down its dangerous path toward nuclear armament. Without receiving anything in return, Obama used a Recess Appointment last week to return an American ambassador to Syria, which assassinated Lebanon's president, arms Militant groups t...

US considering seeking new envoy to Venezuela
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama Administration says it may nominate a new ambassador to Venezuela after its previous choice was rejected by the government of President Hugo Chavez. State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley said the U.S. believes it is important to have an ambassador in Caracas in order to manage relations, which have been strained by Chavez’s condemnations of the U.S. and by U.S. criticisms that Democracy is deteriorating in Venezuela. Crowley said Monday the administratio...

Hillary Clinton Chats it Up with Venezuelan Dictator Hugo Chavez Video Report
Here is a video report on news that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was seen having a “friendly conversation” with Venezuelan Dictator Hugo Chavez, as the two attended the the inauguration for Brazil’s President - Dilma Rousseff. Via Fox Nation ...

Right Wing Fodder: Hillary Clinton And Hugo Chavez Shake Hands And Smile
The inauguration of Brazil’s first female president Dilma Rousseff was the sort of international diplomatic event that drew foreign dignitaries and world leaders alike, creating what some may see as inopportune photo opportunities like the image above. Yes, that’s Secretary of State Hillary Clinton sharing a felicitous handshake with Venezuelan President (and right-wing bogey man) Hugo Chavez . “We greeted each other,” Chavez told reporters at Brasilia’s airport acc...

US considering naming a new envoy to Venezuela following Caracas' rejection of first choice
Source: Associated Press US considering naming a new Envoy to Venezuela following Caracas' rejection of first choice By Associated Press 3:50 p.m. EST, January 3, 2011 WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama Administration says it may nominate a new ambassador to Venezuela after its previous choice was rejected by the government of President Hugo Chavez. State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley said the U.S. believes it is important to have an ambassador in Caracas in order to manage relations, which have be...

Is there an Iranian missile base in Cuba?
Hugo Chavez, the yanqui-hating dictator of Venezuela, will not accept Washington’s proposed emissary and has dared the United States to break diplomatic relations. It seems Ambassador-select Larry Palmer’s sin is that he did not applaud Chavez when he used his rubber-stamp parliament to perpetuate his dictatorial regime. The State Department’s limp-wristed response was to cancel the visa of the Venezuelan ambassador. That, and silence from the White House, told the megalomaniac...

Venezuela prices up after new devaluation
CARACAS, Venezuela, Jan. 3 (UPI) -- Consumer prices soared in Venezuela as the government of President Hugo Chavez devalued the bolivar and the currency fell further against the U.S. dollar on traditional unofficial markets. It was the second Venezuelan devaluation in 12 months and follows the second Central Bank annual report in the same period confirming the Latin American country's economy continues to shrink despite its oil wealth, international trade and recovery from severe drought last ye...

Venezuelan ex-leader's burial in limbo due to feud
CARACAS, Venezuela - A bitter dispute between relatives of former Venezuelan President Carlos Andres Perez has derailed a plan to send his body from Miami to Venezuela, leaving the former leader's burial in limbo. Perez's family in Caracas said in a statement Monday that the plan to fly the body to the capital was canceled because Perez's longtime companion and daughters in the United States said through their lawyers that they had never agreed to transferring his remains to Venezuela. Tha...

Venezuela: Prez burial delayed over relatives' row
A bitter dispute between relatives of the former Venezuelan president Carlos Andrés Pérez has prevented his body being returned home from Miami. Mr Pérez's family in Caracas said the plan to fly the body to the capital was cancelled because Mr Pérez's longtime companion and daughters in the US said through their lawyers that they had never agreed to transferring his remains to Venezuela. That decision broke an apparent agreement reached between relatives in the US and Venezue...

Venezuela prices up after new devaluation
Source: Energy Daily/UPI Venezuela prices up after new devaluation by Staff Writers Caracas, Venezuela (UPI) Jan 3, 2010 Consumer prices soared in Venezuela as the government of President Hugo Chavez devalued the bolivar and the currency fell further against the U.S. dollar on traditional unofficial markets. It was the second Venezuelan devaluation in 12 months and follows the second Central Bank annual report in the same period confirming the Latin American country's economy continues to shrin...

US and Venezuela cut diplomatic ties
Us and Venezuela cut ties. This originally stems from the refusal to seat the US Diplomat due to some obviously tender words which Chavez didn't like. We can't have Chavez dictating what a US ambassador can and can't say. The US followed suit and expelled their ambassador as is common procedure. I don't see the US changing their opinion on this matter so look for this to drag on for years. Life will go on for the US in Venezuela. Even though we don't have an official ambassador figurehead, a lo...

US Revokes Visa of Venezuelan Ambassador
BBC reports: Washington has revoked the visa of the Venezuelan ambassador to the US, the US State Department has said. The move comes amid a diplomatic dispute between the two countries over President Barack Obama’s choice of ambassador to Caracas, Larry Palmer. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez had been angered by comments Mr Palmer made about the country this year, and withdrew his approval of Mr Palmer. The US move in effect expels Venezuelan Envoy Bernardo Alvarez Herrera. It is not ...

Hugo Chavez Takes Over the Federal Reserve
Time was when countries believed in strong currencies — strength measured not in the Rhetoric of bearded wise men but of bank vaults flush with gold coin. Venezuelan tyrant Hugo Chavez recently announced that he would be devaluing his currency on New Year’s day.  As the Wall Street Journal reported: News of the devaluation came just after the Central Bank said the Venezuelan economy contracted 1.9% in 2010, the second consecutive year of declining output in the oil-rich nation after a...

Enter stage left: Dilma Rousseff
Dilma Rousseff took office on 1 January with the difficult task of continuing the work of her predecessor Lula, who left power with a popularity rating of 87 per cent, having lifted 30 million of his compatriots out of Poverty. Thus Brazil joins other Mercosur countries that have (Cristina Kirchner in Argentina) or had (Michelle Bachelet in Chile) female presidents. In her first Speech as president Dilma said she would seek to consolidate Lula’s work: ‘My task is to continue his lega...

U.S. envoy to Libya in Washington for talks on ties
ALGIERS (Reuters) - The U.S. ambassador to Libya has returned to Washington for consultations on bilateral ties including the question of when he will return to Tripoli, an Embassy spokesman said Tuesday. "Ambassador (Gene A.) Cretz is in Washington for consultations ... The question of when Ambassador Cretz returns to Libya will be one of the many subjects of his consultations," the spokesman said, adding that Cretz had gone to Washington at the request of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Th...

U.S. envoy to Libya in Washington for talks on ties
"Ambassador (Gene A.) Cretz is in Washington for consultations ... The question of when Ambassador Cretz returns to Libya will be one of the many subjects of his consultations," the spokesman said, adding that Cretz had gone to Washington at the request of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. The consultations "will cover a number of important issues related to our bilateral relationship as well as regional developments," the spokesman said, without elaborating. Some secret U.S. Embassy cables r...

Family Dispute Keeps Burial Of Former Venezuelan President In Limbo
What is this? After his death on Christmas Day, it seemed certain that former Venezuelan president Carlos Andrés Pérez would be buried in his home country. But a family feud has made his burial a roller-coaster of a story. Pérez has family both in Venezuela and in the United States. Stateside is Cecilia Matos, his partner of many years whom he had two daughters with and in Venezuela he has Blanca Rodriguez de Pérez, his estranged wife. His Miami family planned on burying...

US, EU chide Belarus for expelling security group
The United States and the European Union are criticizing the Belarus (BEHL'-uh-roos) government's decision to close the local office of a major security organization that criticized its Elections last month. In a statement, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and European Union High Representative Catherine Ashton said they regretted the decision by Belarus authorities to halt the work of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe's in that country. The statement also called o...

Hugo Chavez's bipolar currency logic
Economy Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez announced late on January 8 the implementation of a new Exchange Rate that includes two official prices for The Dollar. The first Exchange Rate will be VEB 2.60 per dollar (previously at VEB 2.15), and the so-called "oil dollar" at VEB 4.30. The ruler also reported that the Central Bank of Venezuela (BCV), jointly with the Executive Office would step in the foreign exchange market to prevent speculative foreign exchange operations. The two official...

Chavez and the Drug Smugglers
Posted by Matt Gurney on Jan 4th, 2011 and filed under Email, FrontPage. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed. Despite the season, there hasn’t been a lot of occasion for good cheer in Venezuela recently. President Hugo Chavez has side-stepped recent Congressional gains by the opposition by asking for, and receiving, emergency powers to rule by decree for 12 months. He claims he needs ...

Is There an Iranian Missile Base in Cuba?
Chet Nagle, The Daily Caller Hugo Chavez, the yanqui-hating dictator of Venezuela, will not accept Washington’s proposed emissary and has dared the United States to break diplomatic relations. It seems Ambassador-select Larry Palmer’s sin is that he did not applaud Chavez when he used his rubber-stamp parliament to perpetuate his dictatorial regime. The State Department’s limp-wristed response was to cancel the visa of the Venezuelan ambassador. That, and silence from the White House, to

Then and now: Barack Obama on raising the debt ceiling
  There is a looming battle on the horizon as the new Congress is set to convene tomorrow and that battle is going to be over the Budget. One of the most contentious issues which will be debated is the possibility of raising the Debt ceiling. Some Republicans feel that if they do not agree to raise the Debt ceiling it will force the Obama regime to begin to cut spending. This issue will not only pit Congressional Republicans against the president and Congressional R...

Todays podcast: Hillary and Hugo, BFFs
Today’s Podcast at 11AM Eastern will be on that warm, 5-minute long handshake between Hillary Clinton and Hugo Chavez at the Dilma Rousseff inauguration in Brazil. You can listen live, or to the archived Podcast at your convenience, here. Tags: Bernardo Alvarez Herrera, Fausta's blog, Larry Palmer ...

Venezuelan ex-leader's burial in limbo due to feud
Caracas, Venezuela — Relatives of former Venezuelan President Carlos Andres Perez have been unable to agree on sending his body from Miami to Venezuela, leaving the former leader’s burial in limbo. Carolina Perez is one of the late leader’s daughters. She told the Venezuelan television channel Globovision on Monday night that a plan to fly the body to Caracas was suspended after Perez’s longtime companion and daughters in the United States said that they had never agreed...