14 September, 2008

Venezuela-US tussle
The Post – Lahore,Punjab,Pakistan
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Friday expelled the US ambassador in the worst diplomatic crisis. While making this announcement, Chavez also repeated …
thepost.com.pk/EditorialNews.aspx?dtlid=183051&catid=10

RUSSIANS TWEAK THE PENTAGON’s NOSE WITH BOMBER FLIGHTS IN THE …
PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung) – Wien,Austria
Two Russian Tu-160 strategic bombers that arrived in Venezuela have carried out a training mission along the Caribbean Sea coast, the commander of the…
www.pr-inside.com/russians-tweak-the-pentagon-s-nose-r805406.htm

learning from bolivia & venezuela
By Marcy Newman
Thus, we’ve seen a revival of the left in places like Bolivia and Venezuela and solidarity among the political left. And we’ve also seen the increasing freedom from US-backed dictatorships and coups in the region, all of which always …
bodyontheline.wordpress.com/2008/09/
14/learning-from-bolivia-venezuela/

Expulsion of US Ambassadors to Venezuela
We regret the actions of both President Hugo Chavez and President Evo Morales to expel our ambassadors in Venezuela and Bolivia. This reflects the weakness and desperation of these leaders as they face serious internal challenges and an …
www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0809/S00256.htm

Russian strategic bombers in Venezuela for ‘training’
By Kris Roman
Russia said Monday it was dispatching a nuclear cruiser and other warships and planes to the Caribbean for the joint exercises with Venezuela — the first such maneuvers in the US vicinity since the Cold War. …
eurorus4en.wordpress.com/2008/09/14/russian
-strategic-bombers-in-venezuela-for-training/

Venezuela: New coup plot exposed, US ambassador expelled
By dandelionsalad
Dandelion Salad Posted with permission from Green Left Weekly by Kiraz Janicke 13 September 2008 Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez ordered the US ambassador in Caracas, Patrick Duddy, to leave the country within 72 hours on September 11. …
dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/2008/09/14/venezuela
-new-coup-plot-exposed-us-ambassador-expelled/

Russian bombers stage Caribbean drill
PRESS TV – Tehran,Iran
Two Russian Tu-160 bombers sent for training exercises to Venezuela have carried out maneuvers over neutral Atlantic and the Caribbean. …
www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=69366&sectionid=351020704

September 13, 2007

Coup Plot Against Chavez Disclosed on Venezuelan TV 11 Sep 2008
On Wednesday night Mario Silva, on the program “La Hojilla” (The Razorblade) showed a recording from an unidentified source in which various military personnel, some retired and some active, were planning a coup against Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez. The coup plan aimed to take the Miraflores Palace, the headquarters of the government and the president’s office.
www.venezuelanalysis.com/news/3786

Venezuela and Obama
By Merv(Merv)
John McCain today blasted the expulsion of the US ambassador from Venezuela— and at the same time the Republican presidential nominee sharply attacked his Democratic rival for suggesting he would meet with Venezuelan leader Hugo …
prairiepundit.blogspot.com/2008/09/venezuela-and-obama.html
PrairiePundit
prairiepundit.blogspot.com/

Venezuela strikes back, cuts flights by US airlines
By Aviation Correspondent
Venezuela is cutting the number of flights it will allow United
States-based airlines to operate to and from the country. The National Civil Aviation Institute of Venezuela, the country’s aviation agency, has informed American Airlines, …
www.dancewithshadows.com/aviation/venez
uela-strikes-back-cuts-flights-by-us-airlines/

Venezuela, Portugal sign energy accords
International Herald Tribune – France
AP CARACAS, Venezuela: Venezuela and Portugal have signed accords pledging to boost commercial ties through oil, natural gas and petrochemical projects. …
www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/09/13/
business/LA-Venezuela-Portugal.php

Venezuela seeks to lower tone in US diplomatic spat
Reuters – USA
CARACAS, Sept 13 (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez sought to lower the tone of a diplomatic spat with the United States, saying he doesn’t plan …
www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idUSN1348650620080913

Venezuela’s Chavez Monitoring GM Local Labor Dispute
CNNMoney.com – USA
CARACAS -(Dow Jones)- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Thursday he’s“ keeping an eye on” the Venezuelan unit of General Motors (GM) as the company has …
money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/djf500/200809
111827DOWJONESDJONLINE000943_FORTUNE5.htm

Dueling Diplomacy, US v Venezuela
By cwleonard
It was the first time the United States declared specific Venezuelan officials to be supporters of the FARC, but the designation stopped short of a more serious option debated in Washington in recent months: classifying Venezuela as a …
globaldiplomacy.wordpress.com/2008/09/
13/dueling-diplomacy-us-v-venezuela/

US expels Venezuelan envoy as diplomatic spat escalates
Hindustan Times – India
The United States has expelled the Venezuelan ambassador and sanctioned two
Venezuelan officials close to President Hugo Chavez for aiding Colombia’s
…
www.hindustantimes.com/redir.aspx?ID=
ed153e27-1cba-4aaa-8145-58b3b42b3031

US wants rid of me: Venezuela’s Chavez
Sydney Morning Herald – Sydney,New South Wales,Australia Venezuelan authorities detained a high-ranking navy officer on suspicion of involvement in a purported plot to overthrow President Hugo Chavez. …
news.smh.com.au/world/us-wants-rid-of-
me-venezuelas-chavez-20080913-4ftq.html

Venezuela under threat: military official
Hindustan Times – India
Chief of the Bolivarian National Armed Forces Operational Strategic Command, Maj Gen Jesus Gregorio Gonzalez, said on Friday that Venezuela is under threat …
www.hindustantimes.com/redir.aspx?ID
=bab0e75d-fb41-40c6-bc53-aebf13fe01cd

Venezuela Throws Out US Ambassador As Tensions Soar
By chrisy58
CARACAS – President Hugo Chavez has thrown out the US ambassador to
Venezuela and threatened to cut off oil supplies, further escalating
tensions with Washington just two days after Russia sent two strategic
bombers to Caracas in a move …
chrisy58.wordpress.com/2008/09/12/
venezuela-throws-out-us-ambassador-as-tensions-soar/

US Lashes Back After Chavez Forces Envoy From Venezuela
By Administrator
Venezuela has some of the largest oil reserves outside the Middle East and, despite Chavez’s clashes with the Bush administration, he has maintained oil supplies and never before expelled a US ambassador, Reuters reported.…
www.iraqidinars.org/373/us-lashes-back
-after-chavez-forces-envoy-from-venezuela/

12 September, 2008

Chavez Orders U.S. Ambassador to Leave Venezuela Within 72 Hours 11 Sep 2008
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez ordered the U.S. ambassador to leave within 72 hours, in a show of support for Bolivian President Evo Morales, who also expelled the top U.S. diplomat from his country. Chavez recalled his ambassador to the U.S. and said he won’t send another envoy to Washington until after the U.S. presidential ‘elections’ in November. Both Chavez and Morales have accused the U.S. of backing opposition movements in their countries. “The U.S. is behind the plan against Bolivia, behind the terrorism,” Chavez said at a political rally for candidates of his United Socialist Party of Venezuela. “We’re committed to being free. Enough crap from you Yankees.”
www.venezuelanalysis.com/news/3789

Venezuela Tells U.S. to Fight Drugs at Home and Respect Its Sovereignty 07 Sep 2008
In an official statement Sunday, the Venezuelan Foreign Relations Ministry said that a meeting with the director of the United States Office of National Drug Control Policy, John Walters, would be “useless and inopportune,” and suggested that the United States concentrate on stopping drug production and consumption on its own soil before coming to Venezuela.
www.venezuelanalysis.com/news/3775

Russian planes in Venezuela a ‘warning’ to U.S.: Chavez
AFP
The presence of two Russian Tu-160 strategic bombers in Venezuela is a “warning” to the U.S. “empire,” President Hugo Chavez said Thursday, as Washington said it was monitoring the deployment. “It’s a warning. Russia is with us . . . we are strategic allies. It is a message to the empire. Venezuela is no longer poor and alone,” Chavez said during a public event Thursday. The Venezuelan president had announced Wednesday that two Russian bombers were in Venezuela for “training flights” and that he would be piloting one of the aircraft himself…
www.uruknet.de/?p=47187

US, Venezuela escalate crisis
Stuff.co.nz – New Zealand
TIT FOR TAT: The United States has imposed sanctions on Venezuelan officials a day after Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez threatened to stop crude sales to …
www.stuff.co.nz/4691697a12.html

Venezuela Joins Bolivia In Expelling US Envoy
NPR – USA
Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez used language that can not be aired on radio or written here to describe what he thinks of the US Chavez said he’s had …
www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=94572499

For Venezuela’s Chavez, best defense is attack
Reuters – USA
By Saul Hudson – Analysis CARACAS (Reuters) – For Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, the best form of defense is attack, meaning that when he appears in…
www.reuters.com/article/reutersEdge/idUSN1239216820080912

Alleging Coup Plot, Chávez Ousts U.S. Envoy
BY SIMON ROMERO
President Hugo Chávez of Venezuela said Thursday that he was expelling the American ambassador, Patrick Duddy, giving him 72 hours to leave the country. Mr. Chávez took this step after he said his government had discovered an American-supported plot by military officers to topple him.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20743.htm

Go Home, Gringo
By Richard Gott
On the 35th anniversary of the military overthrow of Salvador Allende in Chile on September 11, 1973, which had the overt support of the United States, the presidents of Bolivia and Venezuela have asked the US ambassadors accredited to their countries to leave.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20750.htm

Venezuela expels U.S. ambassador:
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez announced on Thursday his decision to expel the U.S. ambassador and ordered him to leave the country in 72 hours.
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-09/12/content_9936541.htm

U.S. expelling Venezuelan envoy in response to Chavez:
“We have informed the Venezuelan ambassador to the United States that he will be expelled and should leave the United States,” McCormack said.
www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/09/12/
venezuela.us/index.html?iref=hpmostpop
 
U.S. accuses top Venezuelan officials of aiding Colombian rebels:
The United States has sanctioned two senior Venezuelan officials, accusing them of aiding Colombian rebels in a move that caps a week of escalating diplomatic tension between the two countries.
www.cbc.ca/world/story/2008/09/12/venezuela-us.html

Yankee hegemony finished: Chavez:
“The Yankee hegemony is finished,” said Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez in a televised speech announcing the arrival of Russia’s warplanes. – Russia’s Navy plans to send a nuclear cruiser flagship, submarines and anti-ship aircraft to Venezuela for joint naval manoeuvres later this year.
www.hindu.com/2008/09/12/stories/2008091256031400.htm

US Ambassadors Expelled from Venezual and Bolivia
For more details, please click on the link to read the article.
www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=
viewArticle&code=20080912&articleId=10164

US to expel Venezuela envoy
Aljazeera.net – Qatar
Washington has said it plans to expel Venezuela’s ambassador and freeze the assets of two Venezuelan government officials as diplomatic tensions grew…
english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2008
/09/200891213338140904.html

URGENT: Coup plots in Bolivia and Venezuela!
Attempted coups in Bolivia and Venezuela, urgent solidarity action needed.
www.handsoffvenezuela.org/urgent_coup
_plots_in_bolivia_and_venezuela.htm

US sanctions Venezuela officials
By expressyoureself
Relations between Washington and Caracas are not thought to have been helped by this week’s arrival in Venezuela of two Russian bomber planes taking part in a military exercise. The latest row began when Bolivia threw out the US …
expressyoureself.wordpress.com/2008/
09/12/us-sanctions-venezuela-officials/

US Calls Venezuelan Officials Rebel Supporters
New York Times – United States
By SIMON ROMERO CARACAS, Venezuela — The United States stepped up the diplomatic skirmish with its left-wing adversaries in Latin America on Friday, …
www.nytimes.com/2008/09/13/world/
americas/13venez.html?ref=americas

FACTBOX: What next in plummeting US-Venezuelan ties?
Reuters – USA
(Reuters) – US-Venezuela ties plunged to their lowest point in years on Friday as the superpower and one of its top oil suppliers ejected each other’s …
www.reuters.com/article/rbssEnergyNews/idUSN1243011720080912