Chavez dares US to put Venezuela on list of terrorism supporters

Chavez dares US to put Venezuela on list of terrorism supporters
By JORGE RUEDA

Associated Press Writer

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- President Hugo Chavez dared the U.S. on Friday to put Venezuela on a list of countries accused of supporting terrorism, calling it one more attempt by Washington to undermine him for political reasons.

Chavez said the "threat to include us on the terrorist list'' is Washington's response to his government's successes in the region.

U.S. lawmakers including Reps. Connie Mack and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, both Florida Republicans, have called for the State Department to add Venezuela to its list of terror sponsors, which includes North Korea, Iran, Syria, Sudan and Cuba. They have expressed concerns about what they call Chavez's close ties to Colombia's leftist rebels.

"Let them make that list and shove it in their pocket,'' Chavez said in a televised speech.

"We shouldn't forget for an instant that we're in a battle against North American imperialism,'' Chavez said. "On this continent, they have us as enemy No. 1.''

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Thursday during a visit to Brazil that all U.N. nations, including Venezuela, have an obligation to go after terrorists and keep them from operating within their borders.

The comment was largely a warning for Chavez, who U.S. officials suspect has lent support to Colombian rebels. In recent days, Rice and President Bush have sharpened their rhetoric against Chavez while praising Colombia and other Latin American allies.

Chavez said Rice's visit to Brazil and Chile this week is aimed at mounting "pressures'' against "our government and against me.''

By DodgerDogs on Mar 14, 18:45 in Politics & the war.

DodgerDogs says on Mar 14, 18:47:

Chavez bush gays

Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.Martin Luther King:

ibemeubeu9001 says on Mar 15, 10:33:

Ya, Need a New President ! before a war comes about, that could had been handled, by a smart and people person that cares for his country, and again the people.

Ok, just let that country do something crazy, and you'll all pay, and watch he will leave and go to a country, and keep him so call safe.

He's really sick, and need's a doctor........!!!!

Just a person that has family of farn wars,,,,,,,,ME!!!!!!!

I just happen to be from Long Beach,CA, and I love visiting South America, My first visit was to Bogota, Ibaque, and Cucuta and not being a spanish speaking person, I had a great time. Would I travel to South America again, You Bet! The people are wonde

robi666 says on Mar 15, 10:38:

Que Bush se meta la lista de países que patrocinan el terrorismo por donde pueda, dice Hugo Chávez

http://www.eltiempo.com/internacional/euycanada/noticias/ARTICULO-WEB-...

LOL, you have to admit the guy is amusing...

"I am a citizen of the most beautiful nation on earth. A nation whose laws are harsh yet simple, a nation that never cheats, which is immense and without borders, where life is lived in the present."

miamimike says on Mar 16, 01:30:

The USA loses credability each time they admit the likes of people like Cuban Terrorists Luis Posada Carriles and Oscar Bosch, both Residents of our fair city, Miami. Where is Condi Rice on lambasting these two for their past actions?