Hillary Clinton and Hugo Chavez: the face of Obama's engagement

Caption This: Hillary shakes hands with Chavez
Saw this photo at Andrew Malcolm’s Top of the Ticket page: Photo courtesy: AFP/Adriano Machado Look familiar? It should . The AP’s write-up : Caracas, Venezuela - President Hugo Chavez and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton shook hands and chatted briefly Saturday in a rare cordial encounter amid a diplomatic dispute that has left Venezuela and the United States without ambassadors in each other’s capitals. The handshake came as leaders were milling about at the inaug...

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...

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 ...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

'Shot dead by his own bodyguard'
One of Pakistan's most senior and moderate politicians has been assassinated. Salman Taseer, the Governor of Punjab province, was shot dead by one of his own police Bodyguards in Islamabad. He had recently campaigned for the release of a Christian woman facing the death penalty under the country's strict Blasphemy laws. Foreign Secretary William Hague called the killing shocking while US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said she strongly condemned the Assassination. Orla Guerin rep...

Is Chavez Going Down the Tubes: Last Chance for Venezuela's Revolution?
BuzzFlash and Truthout offer an ongoing special focus on South and Central America and provide a variety of progressive viewpoints on the economic, sociological and political changes in the area.  This is one of them. The pulse of the revolution grows faint. Extreme measures are needed, since the extremely poor living conditions of most Venezuelans demand it. They are tired of the government taking half actions. Tired of the same super-rich oligarchy dominating The Economy, which creates th...

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...

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 ...

Chavez defends economic measures in Venezuela
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Sunday defended his economic measures against criticism by opponents who say a Tax Increase and a devaluation will hurt the poor. Writing in his weekly column, Chavez accused opponents of lying about his government's economic policies to "generate confusion." His government last week announced it was eliminating a two-tiered Exchange Rate and going back to a single, government-set rate. With that decision, the country moved to a single official rate of 4.6 bol...

Last Chance for Venezuelas Revolution?
The pulse of the revolution grows faint. Extreme measures are needed, since the extremely poor living conditions of most Venezuelans demand it. They are tired of the government taking half actions. Tired of the same super-rich oligarchy dominating The Economy, which creates the horrendous inequality that overshadows Venezuelan society. If the revolution is not quickly pushed to the left, it will be strangled by the right. For all the positive things Chavez has accomplished as President, he is in...

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...

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...

Is there an Iranian missile base in Cuba?
Naval Academy graduate and Cold War carrier pilot, Chet Nagle flew in the Cuban Missile Crisis. After a stint as a Navy research officer, he joined International Security Affairs as a Pentagon civilian -- then came defense and intelligence work, life abroad for 12 years as an agent for the CIA, and extensive time in Iran, Oman, and many other countries. Along the way, he graduated from the Georgetown University Law School and was the founding publisher of a geo-political magazine, The Journal of...

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

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...

Pantsuit Makes Nice With hugo Chavez (video)
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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...

Hillary Clinton Fundraiser Pleads Guilty to Causing Campaign to Submit False Statements to FEC
A former Fundraiser for Hillary Clinton ’s 2008 Presidential Campaign pleaded guilty on Monday in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., to causing the campaign to submit false statements to the Federal Election Commission, Assistant Attorney General Lanny Breuer announced. Person A was not identified in the court documents, but the Associated Press reported that attorneys for best-selling mystery writer Patricia Cornwell issued a statement saying that “as this criminal charge conf...

Sudans Comprehensive Peace Agreement: Bushs Legacy in Africa
Contributing to the peace and development of Africa, Sudan in particular, was a major priority for the Bush Administration and now looms as the single largest African issue on the Obama White House’s agenda. On January 9, 2011, the final and most significant step of the peace agreement will occur when an estimated 4 million southern Sudanese will vote to decide whether to remain part of a unified Sudan or establish a new, independent country. With one of the most diverse populations on the c...

Hillary bumps into Hugo Chavez in Brazil
BRASILIA, Brazil, Jan. 2 (UPI) -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez says his informal encounter with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in Brazil was a pleasant one. Chavez and Clinton shook hands and exchanged pleasantries while both were in Brasilia for the inauguration of Brazil's new president. ""We greeted each other," Chavez told reporters at Brasilia's airport. "She had a very spontaneous smile and I greeted her with the same effusiveness." The BBC said Sunday the exchange was in shar...

Handshakes for Peace
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, second left, shakes hands with Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez, right, next to Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos, left, and Chile’s President Sebastian Pinera during the inauguration ceremony of Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff. Watch out Bill; you might have some competition. A handshake encounter between U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has occurred at the inauguration of Braz...