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« Children and the right to counsel | Main | It's a small world » Thursday, September 21, 2006Chavez lets looseHugo Chavez yesterday unleashed a fiery speech at the UN calling Bush "El Diablo," and praising President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran. Even those on the left are being forced to admit that Chavez, who crushes dissent in Venezuela with the threat of imprisonment and has built around himself a dangerous cult of personality, went too far. Every time he faces an election --and he had to face a recall referendum despite numerous attempts to disallow it on techicalities -- he somehow pulls through, often under mysterious circumstances, largely because he has the support of the poorest in Venezuela. Some advocate a contain-by-ignoring policy -- the US seat at the UN during the speech was occupied by a junior staffer -- but it's difficult to carry that off with the fifth largest oil exporter in the world. Posted by Evan Hughes at 07:39 AM
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