Hugo Chavez, Hillary Rodham Clinton shake hands, chat amid tensions

Chavez, Clinton Shake Hands, Chat Amid Tensions
Learn about the people, economy and history. (AP) 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 inauguration of new Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff. It was unclear what Chavez and Clinton discussed. Chave...

Chavez, Clinton Shake Hands, Chat Amid Tensions
Jan. 1, 2011: U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks with Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez during the swearing-in ceremony of Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff 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 a...

Chavez, Clinton shake hands, chat amid tensions
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 inauguration of new Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff. It was unclear what Chavez and Clinton discussed. Both governments have shown firmly entrenched...

Without ambassadors, US-Venezuela tensions grow
CARACAS, Venezuela - The United States and Venezuela are starting the year without ambassadors in Caracas and Washington due to an intensifying diplomatic dispute that is likely to persist and boost President Hugo Chavez's long-standing antagonism. Both sides have shown firmly entrenched stances and no willingness to Compromise in the past week as the U.S. government revoked the Venezuelan ambassador's visa in response to Chavez's refusal to accept the chosen U.S. Envoy. "They thought we w...

Hugo Chavez and Hillary Clinton Shake Hands, Chat at Inauguration of New Brazilian President
All smiles... Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez shakes hands with US Secretary Hillary Clinton next to Colombian President Manuel Santos and Chilean President Sebastian Pinera, during the inauguration of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff (AP Photo) foxnews.com 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 othe...

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MyWay: Without ambassadors, US-Venezuela tensions grow Jan 1, 2:32 PM (ET) By IAN JAMES Caracas, Venezuela (AP) - The United States and Venezuela are starting the year without ambassadors in Caracas and Washington due to an intensifying diplomatic dispute that is likely to persist and boost President Hugo Chavez's long-standing antagonism. Both sides have shown firmly entrenched stances and no willingness to Compromise in the past week as the U.S. government revoked the Venezuelan ambassador's...

Without ambassadors, US-Venezuela tensions grow
FILE - In this May 9, 2007 file photo, Venezuelan Ambassador Bernardo Alvarez Herrera speaks about United States and Venezuela relations at the World Affairs Council in San Francisco. The Obama Administration revoked Bernardo Alvarez Herrera's visa on Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2010 in a tit-for-tat diplomatic response to Venezuela's rejection of the U.S. choice to be the next Envoy to the South American country. The United States and Venezuela are starting the year without ambassadors in Caracas and ...

Chavez, Clinton chat amid tension
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton have shaken hands in an apparently amicable encounter at a time of tension between the two countries. They chatted and smiled at the inauguration of Brazil's new president. Last week, Venezuela refused to accept the nomination of the new US ambassador to Caracas because of comments he made against the country. Washington then revoked the visa of the Venezuelan ambassador to the US. Mr Chavez later described ...

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 ...

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...

Pant Suits and Hugo Chavez Have a Friendly Chat
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Without ambassadors, US-Venezuela tensions grow
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The United States and Venezuela are starting the year without ambassadors in Caracas and Washington due to an intensifying diplomatic dispute that is likely to persist and boost President Hugo Chavez’s long-standing antagonism. Both sides have shown firmly entrenched stances and no willingness to Compromise in the past week as the U.S. government revoked the Venezuelan ambassador’s visa in response to Chavez’s refusal to accept the chosen U.S. en...

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...

Hillary Chats with Chavez
Despite a simmering diplomatic row, President Hugo Chavez and US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton were seen having a brief, friendly chat Saturday at the inauguration of Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff. You must login to comment. The Fox Nation is for those opposed to intolerance, excessive government control of our lives, and attempts to monopolize opinion or suppress freedom of thought, expression, and worship. Read more... We invite all Americans who share these values to join us here at ...

Venezuelans fret over prices after devaluation
By Daniel Wallis and Deisy Buitrago Caracas | Fri Dec 31, 2010 11:59am EST Caracas (Reuters) - Venezuelans worried on Friday that a second devaluation of their currency in 12 months would make life even harder as the Socialist Government of President Hugo Chavez struggled to turn The Economy around. Already suffering one of the world's highest Inflation rates and the only major Latin American Economy still in Recession after the global Financial Crisis, they fear the New Year devaluation coul...

Clinton, Chavez have a 'friendly' chat...
Despite a simmering diplomatic row, President Hugo Chavez and US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton were seen having a brief, friendly chat Saturday at the inauguration of Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff. "They talked and smiled, at least for five minutes. It looked like a social conversation, both were smiling," a Brazilian official who witnessed the encounter told AFP on condition of anonymity. The encounter came only three days after the United States revoked the visa of Venezuela's ambas...

Without ambassadors, US-Venezuela tensions grow
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez dared the U.S. to expel his ambassador in retaliation for his move to reject the U.S. Envoy to the South American country. On Wednesday, that's just what the Obama Administration did. Chavez issued his dare a day earlier, saying he would not allow the U.S. Diplomat, Larry Palmer, to be ambassador because the U.S. official made what Chavez described as blatantly disrespectful remarks about Venezuela. "If the government is going to expel our ambassador t...

After evictions of ambassadors, US-Venezuela tensions grow...
Chavez skipped an opportunity to respond during a three-hour Speech Thursday night, saying nothing about the U.S. government's decision to revoke the visa of his ambassador, Bernardo Alvarez. President Barack Obama's administration took that step in response to Chavez's rejection of Larry Palmer, the White House nominee for ambassador who has been awaiting Senate confirmation. It is unclear what concrete effects those actions could have on U.S.-Venezuela relations. Diplomats from the two countri...

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 ...

Poverty tops agenda for Brazil's new president
First lady ... Dilma Rousseff is sworn in. Photo: AP Sao Paulo: Accepting the green and yellow mantle of power from her immensely popular mentor, Dilma Rousseff was sworn in as Brazil's first female president and faced two immediate tasks: keeping the booming economy on track and fleshing out Brazil's developing role on the world stage. Ms Rousseff succeeded Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who left office with an 87 per cent Approval Rating. She hopes to maintain the economic momentum that was centra...

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...

Without ambassadors, US-Venezuela tensions grow
Source: Associated Pres Caracas, Venezuela (AP) — The United States and Venezuela are starting the year without ambassadors in Caracas and Washington due to an intensifying diplomatic dispute that is likely to persist and boost President Hugo Chavez's long-standing antagonism. Both sides have shown firmly entrenched stances and no willingness to Compromise in the past week as the U.S. government revoked the Venezuelan ambassador's visa in response to Chavez's refusal to accept the chosen U.S. en...

Venezuelans fret over prices after devaluation
Source: Reuters Caracas, Dec 31 (Reuters) - Venezuelans worried on Friday that a second devaluation of their currency in 12 months would make life even harder as the Socialist Government of President Hugo Chavez struggled to turn The Economy around. Already suffering one of the world's highest Inflation rates and the only major Latin American economy still in Recession after the global Financial Crisis, they fear the New Year devaluation could hit their livelihoods more. "It is a blow against th...

Caracas Cardinal Warns of Dictatorship in Venezuela
The Roman Catholic Cardinal of Caracas warned that the recently passed presidential request to give Hugo Chavez the power to rule by decree -- the fourth such move by Chavez in his 11 years in office -- signals a slide toward Dictatorship in the Latin American country. More from El Universal: "The new package of laws recently approved by the Venezuelan National Assembly is unprecedented, according to Jorge Cardinal Urosa Savino. 'It is something that should be meditated and I say it to governmen...

Brazil's first female president sworn in
Dilma Rousseff has taken over as Brazil's first female president with pledges to build on the policies of her hugely popular predecessor Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. The 63-year-old divorced grandmother, who was Lula's former cabinet chief, assumed the presidency in a carefully staged ceremony under at times rainy skies. A 1952 Rolls-Royce convertible took her along streets lined with an estimated 70,000 well-wishers. As the rain lifted, the car's roof came down and she stood up in the back, dress...