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Headlines : International

Summary:

Over the months and years, readers have become perhaps somewhat inured to Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez’s anti-American tirades, which is not to say that he doesn’t have legitmate reasons to rant. Clearly, Venezuela is strategically important both regionally and globally, and the Bush administration has made no secret of its distaste for the man and his policies. Whether or not a US invasion of the Cental American state is imminent, however, one is compelled to admire Sr. Chavez’s cojones.

[Posted By Gregoire]

By Australian Associated Press
Republished from Common Dreams

Chavez called the United States the "most savage, cruel and murderous empire that has existed in the history of the world."

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has told thousands of visiting students that if US forces are to invade his South American country, they will be soundly defeated.

The US government has strongly denied Chavez’s claims that it is considering military action against Cuba’s closest ally in the Americas.

But Chavez said the US government, which “won’t stop caressing the idea of invading Cuba or invading Venezuela,” should be warned of the consequences.

“If some day they get the crazy idea of coming to invade us, we’ll make them bite the dust defending the freedom of our land,” Chavez said to applause.

He spoke during the opening ceremony of a world youth festival bringing together student delegations from across the world and convened under the slogan “Against Imperialism and War.”

Chavez called the United States the “most savage, cruel and murderous empire that has existed in the history of the world.”

The Venezuelan leader said “socialism is the only path,” and told the students the collective goal is to “save a world threatened by the voracity of US imperialism.”

Earlier, the students waved flags, danced in traditional dress, and held signs praising socialism, Cuban leader Fidel Castro and Ernesto “Che” Guevara.

More than 300 students from the United States shouted…

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Posted by Gregoire
I was born in NYC, raised in Palo Alto CA, attended university at UC Santa Cruz. I spent the better part of a decade traveling in Asia and working in restaurants before entering graduate school in Tibetan and Buddhist Studies at UVA in Charlottesville VA,...

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Venezuela's Chavez Warns Against US Invasion

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