Venezuela (Threat Assessment)

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Hugo Chavez Speech at United Nations "The devil is right at home. The devil, the devil himself, is right in the house. "And the devil came here yesterday. Yesterday the devil came here. Right here. And it smells of sulfur still today. Yesterday, ladies and gentlemen, from this rostrum, the president of the United States, the gentleman to whom I refer as the devil, came here, talking as if he owned the world. Truly. As the owner of the world."

Glenn Beck exposes Hugo Chavez's CITGO Great segment on YouTube.

Senator Santorum Expresses Concern Regarding the Growing Relationship between Iran, Cuba, and Venezuela & Senator Santorum Comments on Remarks by Hugo Chavez

President Hugo Chavez ties to terrorism | www.vcrisis.com Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and his government are actively involved in promoting state-sponsored terrorism. To this end, the Chavez regime has orchestrated the creation of civilian "Bolivarian Circles".

WorldNetDaily: Venezuelan IDs help terrorists enter U.S. Venezuela, whose leader Hugo Chavez has stood with Iran against the U.S., is providing documents that could help terrorists infiltrate the U.S.-Mexico, charges a new congressional report on homeland security.

WorldNetDaily: Defector: Chavez gave $1 million to al-Qaida Recent high-level Venezuelan military defectors say President Hugo Chavez gave $1 million to al-Qaida shortly after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attack on the United States. Air Force Maj. Juan Diaz Castillo, formerly a pilot for the Venezuelan leader, was smuggled to Miami last week where he is warning the U.S. of what he calls Chavez's dismissal of the constitution and his ties to terrorism in collaboration with Cuban dictator Fidel Castro.

Comandante Chavez's Friends LATE LAST YEAR, 16 U.S. congressmen voiced their approval for Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez. US Representatives Barney Frank, John Conyers, Chaka Fattah, Jan Schakowsky, Jose Serrano, and others complained in a letter to President Bush that the United States was not adequately protecting Chavez against a groundswell of internal opposition to his increasingly authoritarian rule--an upsurge that might lead to his ouster.

Chavez: Venezuela, Syria United Against U.S. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said in Damascus Wednesday that he and Syrian President Bashar Assad shared a "decisive and firm" stance against American "imperialism" and "domination."

Chavez Vehemently Denies Venezuela Harbors Arab Terrorists September 6, 2006 -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez accused US Southern Command General John Bantz Craddock of trying to destabilize Venezuela, yesterday, after Craddock said that Arab terrorists were training in the country.

Madmen bent on destruction(Hugo Chavez Alert) Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez will build 20 military bases in Bolivia, which will be situated on the borders with five other nations: Chile, Peru, Paraguay, Argentina and Brazil. Those installations will be under the control of Venezuelan and Cuban personnel, in complicity with Bolivian soldiers. Most certainly, the Cubans will carry Venezuelan passports and identification papers. It isn't easy to tell them apart. They're alike, even in their virtues and defects. The cost of the new Venezuelan armaments will rise to $30 billion. Venezuela has become the leading international buyer of arms and military equipment.

Venezuela : Country Studies Like its predecessor, this study represents an attempt to treat in a compact and objective manner the dominant contemporary social, political, economic, and military aspects of Venezuela. Sources of information included scholarly books, journals, and monographs; official reports of governments and international organizations; numerous periodicals; the authors' earlier research and observations; and interviews with individuals who have special competence in Venezuelan and Latin American affairs. Chapter bibliographies appear at the end of the book; brief comments on sources recommended for further reading appear at the end of each chapter. To the extent possible, place-names conform with the system used by the United States Board on Geographic Names (BGN). Measurements are given in the metric system; a conversion table is provided to assist readers unfamiliar with metric measurements (see table 1, Appendix). A glossary is also included.

CIA - The World Factbook -- Venezuela Current concerns include: a weakening of democratic institutions, political polarization, a politicized military, drug-related violence along the Colombian border, increasing internal drug consumption, overdependence on the petroleum industry with its price fluctuations, and irresponsible mining operations that are endangering the rain forest and indigenous peoples.

Venezuela Watch. This is a "pro Chavez" site. It is listed here to provide a counterpoint and enlighten Americans to the arguments that may be used in support of a madman. "Venezuela is the site of a Latin American government that has shown a desire for democratic and social reform and an independent foreign policy. This has made it an enemy of the United States. This site covers the US-supported coup in Venezuela of April 2002, and news on the situation in Venezuela before and since, including the general strike of Dec 2002."

Breaking World Venezuela News - The New York Times An interesting place to start research on the international relations of Venezuela.

Map of Venezuela - Lonely Planet & Venezuela : Weather Underground

Economist.com | Country Briefings: Venezuela Very good reference point on Venezuela. Nearly all wars begin over economics...

Venezuela (10/06) The U.S. State Department (you know, the guys who start all the wars... but never fight in any of them) keeps an eye on Venezuela. This is how they view it.

Venezuelan Newspapers This site requires you to set a cookie to view the papers. It's not that big a deal. Most of the Venezuelan OnLine papers are in Spanish, but a few are in English.

TIME.com: Hugo Chavez -- May 8, 2006 An example of left-wing US Media, but somewhat enlightening in it's own way.

CBN News - Hugo Chavez vs. America Chavez believes he is in a fight with the devil. But the devil that Chavez fights does not reside in Hell. Chavez believes that the devil resides in Washington.

ABC News: Transcript: Hugo Chavez (Softball) Interview In his first American broadcast interview since the Rev. Pat Robertson called for his assassination last month, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez told ABC News' Ted Koppel today that he has evidence of a United States plan to invade Venezuela. In New York for the U.N. Summit, Chavez discussed his strained relationship with the United States government, Robertson's comments and the United States' dependence on Venezuela's oil supply. See also: Hugo Chávez (Another softball) Interview | The Progressive

Hugo Chavez: See what people are saying right now on Technorati Technorati is the recognized authority on what's happening on the World Live Web, right now. The Live Web is the dynamic and always-updating portion of the Web. We search, surface, and organize blogs and the other forms of independent, user-generated content (photos, videos, voting, etc.) increasingly referred to as “citizen media.”

FOXNews.com - The Iron Fist of Hugo Chavez - U.S. & World Hugo Chavez, the left-wing leader who is moving toward totalitarian rule at home in Venezuela and backing guerrilla movements in the region, could become a test for the new Bush administration.

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