Without ambassadors, US-Venezuela tensions grow

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 ...

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...

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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...

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...

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...

Hugo Chavez, Hillary Rodham 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. Chavez later described the interaction as a p...

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...

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...

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...

US, Venezuela evict ambassadors in diplomatic spat...
WASHINGTON (AP) - 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 ambas...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

Tit for Tat
WASHINGTON/Caracas — The United States has revoked the visa of the Venezuelan ambassador to Washington in apparent retaliation for Venezuela's rejection of the U.S. Envoy to Caracas, a diplomat said on Wednesday. The diplomat, who spoke on condition of anonymity, declined to provide further details. A State Department spokesman earlier declined to comment on the rift between Caracas and the United States. You must be logged in to post a comment. Sgt. Hook...

Pant Suits and Hugo Chavez Have a Friendly Chat
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Rep. Mack: Washington should go further than pulling Venezuela visas
The incoming chairman of the Western Hemisphere subcomittee at the House Foreign Affairs Committee said Thursday evening that the Obama Administration revocation of the Venezuelan Envoy's Visas should be followed by sanctions. “The revocation of Visas for Venezuela’s envoy sets the stage for diplomatic isolation that must be followed up with the Economic Sanctions Venezuela has earned because of its support for Terrorist groups such as the FARC, ELN, ETA and the IRGC Qods forces," Rep. Con...

Issa's tough words for Holder
Incoming House Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Darrell Issa said on Sunday that Attorney General Eric Holder should stop hurting the Obama Administration or step down. The Republican congressman from California, speaking on “Fox News Sunday,” said that Holder “isn’t doing enough” on a range of issues, including rooting out what Republicans consider poor Government Spending on organizations like ACORN and investigating the New Black Panthers, a favorite ta...

Fuel price increase climbdown as Morales reacts to popular protest
LEFT-WING Bolivian President Evo Morales has reversed a massive fuel price increase that sparked nationwide Protests, landing him with one of the biggest crises of his five years in power. The decision last Sunday to slash fuel subsidies - sending prices soaring by as much as 83 per cent - triggered strikes and protests this week across the Natural Gas-rich country. Morales, who had announced wage increases on Wednesday in an appare ADVERTISEMENT nt attempt to calm protests over the so-called ...

Fuel price protests put heat on Morales
Protests against a sharp increase in fuel prices intensified and turned violent in Bolivia yesterday, as thousands of demonstrators demanded that President Evo Morales's government Repeal the increase. Demonstrators filled the streets in La Paz and other cities to Protest against the higher prices, which were announced suddenly last Sunday. Petrol prices immediately soared by 73 per cent and diesel by 83 per cent, leading to a rapid increases in transport and food prices. Some demanded the resig...

Bolivia's Morales scraps fuel hike after protests
By Carlos Alberto Quiroga LA PAZ | Fri Dec 31, 2010 10:49pm EST LA PAZ (Reuters) - Leftist Bolivian President Evo Morales on Friday reversed a hefty fuel price increase that sparked nationwide Protests, landing him with one of the biggest crises of his five years in power. The decision on Sunday to slash fuel subsidies -- sending prices soaring by as much as 83 percent -- triggered strikes and protests this week across the natural gas-rich country. Morales, who had announced wage increases on...

US, Venezuela evict ambassadors in diplomatic spat
WASHINGTON — 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 am...

Can I propose a trade?
I would like to propose another trade between Cuba and Venezuela. Cuba can give Venezuela Cardinal Jaime Ortega in exchange for Venezuela's Archbishop, Cardinal Jorge Urosa Savino. I hate to deprive our Venezuelan brothers of this brave prelate, but right now we need him more than you do. Hugo Chavez's eighteen months of special ruling powers and the new package of laws that dramatically expand his rule in the country created a strong debate inside Venezuelan against the government. The Catholic...