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‘¡Adios, Ambassador!’ Say Chavez and Morales

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Posted on Sep 12, 2008
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Morales, left, and Chavez have expelled the U.S. ambassadors from their countries. Chavez says he will re-establish diplomatic relations when the new U.S. administration comes to power.

Two Latin American leaders, Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez and Bolivia’s Evo Morales, expelled the U.S. ambassadors to their nations after claiming that the American embassies in both countries were supporting rebel groups aimed at toppling their governments. Salvador Allende and Jacobo Arbenz were unavailable for comment.


The New York Times:

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.

He also recalled his ambassador to Washington, Bernardo Álvarez, and explained his decision by expressing solidarity with Bolivia’s embattled president, Evo Morales, who on Wednesday expelled the American ambassador there, Philip S. Goldberg, accusing him of supporting rebellious groups in eastern Bolivia..

“When there is a new government in the United States, we’ll send an ambassador,” Mr. Chávez said, using an expletive to refer to Americans.

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By KDelphi, September 13, 2008 at 9:10 am Link to this comment

I understand most of what youre saying, yellowbird, and agree with alot of it. If people are so enamored with Socialism, maybe more should register as such.(Or , at least, stop acting as though people that are, are the enemy)I got a “heads up” about this from AFSC (Quakers) about a week ago. May I meekly suggest, our own Revolution?

I’m just not sure about what you say happened in Dayton. It’s not a huge city and I think I would probably know. But, if you have stats. or references to it—let me know. Are you referring to WPAFB?

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By tehpistolpete, September 13, 2008 at 8:44 am Link to this comment

““Salvador Allende and Jacobo Arbenz were unavailable for comment.”“

I had to re-read the article twice to realize they were joking/making a point.

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By cann4ing, September 13, 2008 at 7:49 am Link to this comment

By yours truly, September 12 at 8:23 pm #
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The Answer Is To Shutdown The CIA

“How?”

“We elect someone president who’s going to dismantle Empire-USA plus turning things around here at home.”

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In “Plausible Denial” Mark Lane makes a significant case that the reason for the JFK assassination was JFK’s issuance of a memo that contained a blue print for the total withdrawal of the U.S. from Vietnam and because the Kennedy brothers intended to shut down the CIA after the 1964 election.

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By Purple Girl, September 13, 2008 at 7:23 am Link to this comment

Most AmericaNs realize when people are cursing America, they are ususally referring to the Corps who have Claimed Our flag- and seized our country…they are not talking particularly about You Betty Lou!
Rev Wright was never ‘God Damning’ AmericaNs, he was Damning the corps Who Chickens came home to roost on 9/11!Those greedy MF’ers who not only ignored our demands to get out of the M.E. in the 70’s, but intentionally got US further ‘addicted’ and Farther into Debt to the Pushers!
If some Americans Woke up and finally asked ‘Why does everyone hate Us’ (like the majority of US have already done, or had done Decades ago)They might actually realize we have been getting screwed over by the Corps Domestically & Internationally.They run around the World draped in our flag embedded with Oppressive Oil ‘Royals’ who also use Our Flag as a scapegoat for their atrocities (Honor Killings) and Social injustice (Caste system).
half intellegent AmericaNs ( the majority) came out of the debris of 9/11 fully aware why those were the targets. The Military Industrial Complex and we know which industries- Financial Might with a Lax Policy.
Obviously Our Congress and SCOTUS are infected, so we have some Favors to cash in Now. Where are those we helped in WW1 & 2. The International Red Cross has already deemed this admins intel techniques to be Torture (waterboarding) and thus a War Crime…So ARREST THEM ALREADY!!!
Otherwise I guess we were the last to fall, and we’re on our own- Gives a new perspective about the 2nd amendment for this Ol’ Lefty Lennon fan. Don’t want to be stuck with a Pitchfork and Torch if shit finally hits the fan!
I am not so ignorant to believe that No One hates Actual AmericaNs- but they are as ignorant,delusional and ineffectual as the Loud mouth Whack Jobs we have over here who hate them too.‘Sit down, Shut Up,and have anothr beer, Buck/ Usef!You’re Humiliating yourself again!’

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By Fahrenheit 451, September 13, 2008 at 5:09 am Link to this comment

@ cann4ing;
I second your viva!  With our past history south of our border who ya gonna believe?  I believe them!  Read “Confessions of an Economic Hit Man” by John Perkins.  We’re the guys our mothers warned us about.

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By yellowbird2525, September 12, 2008 at 10:17 pm Link to this comment

Cann4ing: you failed to mention all the atrocities against the people INCLUDING all the “missing”; AMERICANS who are “missing” and never coming back: alas and alack! the WORST & most chilling thing I ever saw in my life was Cheney & Bush saying: listen to the authorites! listen to the authorites! re the folks leaving from New Orleans: and then Bush saying he was going to Texas: claiming “folks” have difficulty in moving to a “new place”; ABC Nightline put out a report that was immediately censored: and NOT put out on their video of the show: of how in Dayton Ohio all these folks just as Bush puts it: “walked away from their homes”: leaving EVERYTHING from clothes, dishes, Bibles, family pics; animals, shoes, coats: 90% from 1 community alone: and America’s: debate over who to “elect” while the St Legislatures say haven’t you figured out yet that it is no longer run by citizens? Cuz WE are the POWERFUL POLITICIANS: who will never be held responsible for anything; cuz the FBI, Motherland Security (oops Homeland Security); and all those bright shiny new cop cars: have been granted immunity from all our actions: THIS is the reason I witness was stormed into by “policemen” who wore no badges: claiming (heard THIS b/4?) some one called them and said they were being held hostage: last time it was a “teen girl” claimed the same: in Texas: where they tore babies from mothers arms: Obama “changed” history claiming that legal citizens of USA did that to illegals: and they had to “hide in churchs” and that WE the citizens of the USA are the terrorists; so- the people are deceived repeatedly: cuz in the “news” they are claiming “we only want to end poverty” in the countries: REALLY? how about STARTING in YOUR OWN COUNTRY!

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By yours truly, September 12, 2008 at 9:23 pm Link to this comment
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The Answer Is To Shutdown The CIA

“How?”

“We elect someone president who’s going to dismantle Empire-USA plus turning things around here at home.”

“And then what sort of world?”

“It’ll be up to us.

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By cann4ing, September 12, 2008 at 6:40 pm Link to this comment

Viva Chavez & Morales!  And about time.  Recall the first 9/11—9/11/73 that is when IT&T;, Kissinger, the CIA and the U.S. Ambassador to Chile conspired with Pinochet to overthrow and murder the democratically elected Salvador Allende, followed by a 16 year brutal reign of terror.  Kick them out—all of them.  Break diplomatic relations if you have to.  Don’t risk letting what happened in Chile happen again in Bolivia & Venezuela.  You owe that to your people and to yourselves.

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By kalitos, September 12, 2008 at 5:49 pm Link to this comment

Thiis is great news!!! hopefully all southern countries, and also from oround the world could have no US intrusions.

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By lichen, September 12, 2008 at 3:35 pm Link to this comment

Yes!  Bolivia and Venezuela will not end up like Haiti, a country intentionally destabilized by a US-led coup against its democratically elected leader who tried to help poor people, and where, now, UN “peacekeepers” shoot protesters dead to keep them from toppling the right wing military junta installed without their consent.

I applaud these courageous leaders for showing america that it’s days of global capitalist empire are ending.

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By New clear option, September 12, 2008 at 1:48 pm Link to this comment
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How will the US media spin this ? My parents are from central/south america (living in california for 25 yrs)  and they actually believe the lies the US media tell them.  They are anti Chavez after living through a civil war.  I say good for you Mr. Chavez, keep on trucking !!!

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By Fadel Abdallah, September 12, 2008 at 12:12 pm Link to this comment

Well, Chávez and Morales are two courageous nationalist leaders and true patriots who are not afraid of American political bullying, arrogance, and evil plotting.

This decision to expel the two plotting American ambassadors (i.e. CIA agents) is the right thing to do in face of the never-ending plotting political America keeps practicing in the third world. Knowing the history of American interference and plotting against leaders they don’t like, I have no doubt of the truth these two leaders are giving as a reason for this action. For them it is a measure of national security to protect their countries from the state-sponsored terrorism of the USA, especially under the current administration.

That doesn’t mean automatically that the plotting will stop when the ambassadors are expelled, but at least it would interrupt it and slow it down as the world is put on notice that there are still courageous individual leaders who are not willing to tolerate the evil of the powerful and arrogant. 

When these two nationalist leaders say that they will restore the diplomatic relations under a new administration, they are offering a gesture of good will to the American people, sending them a message that their qualms are not with the American people, but with her the enemy from within- their misguided leaders who, for almost eight years now, have turned against the best interests of the majority of Americans.

The world needs few more leaders like Chávez and Morales who would establish a healthy balance in the world against the evil and plotting of the American political-military-industrial complex. This would be good for the whole world, but mostly for the majority of the American people themselves.

Que viva Chávez y que viva Morales!

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By KDelphi, September 12, 2008 at 12:12 pm Link to this comment

At least Chavez and Morales were democratically elected.

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By penicillin, September 12, 2008 at 12:01 pm Link to this comment
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that everybody expelled the Americans like Chavez till a new govt is sworn in in the USA.

STOP THE WARS

Let Humans Live.

Down with the NeoCons and persecute them for crimes against humanity.

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By jack, September 12, 2008 at 11:25 am Link to this comment
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Wall Street / City of London hired guns (CIA/MI6) will never give up their efforts to destabilize regimes who refuse permission to loot their citizenry - Heads up, Boys. These elements do not change with regime change in the US - it’s same ol’, same ol’ all the way back to 1492.

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