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State Department spokesman Sean McCormack called Robertson’s remarks about Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez “inappropriate,” but stopped short of condemning them. Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said the Pentagon isn’t in the business of killing foreign leaders, but he also did…

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez says he will consider breaking diplomatic ties with the US if it fails to hand over a Cuban-born terror suspect. Why would this matter? Oil, that’s why. Venezuela supplies 11% of the oil imported by the…

Chavez Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez can work towards better ties with the US by avoiding inflammatory rhetoric, the US State Department has said. Maybe the State Department could aid in this process by not overtly financing and supporting coup attempts…

Your tax dollars at work Attempting to destabilzing democratic elections in Venezuela The vehicle for this meddling in Venezuela is the National Endowment for Democracy, which calls itself “a private, nonprofit organization” but is funded by U.S. taxpayers. Its self-described…

Chavez tells U.S.: ‘Get your hands off Venezuela!’ Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez told the United States on Friday to “get its hands off Venezuela” as he accused Washington of backing a wave of opposition protests seeking a recall vote against…