Tuesday, November 15, 2005

U.S. Ambassador to Venezuela Tells Venezuelan President Chavez to Shut Up and Grow Up

Well, not exactly, but it amounted to the same thing.

The U.S. Ambassador to Venezuela, William Brownfield, told reporters in a press conference that President Chavez ought to quit the blame game that he's been playing.

In recent months, he's accused Washington of plotting to invade Venezuela to overthrow him, or to kill him, or take away Venezuela's oil fields, and to frighten Venezuelan children with U.S. Halloween traditions. Each time he makes a new accusation, he refuses to give proof of his claims.

There are now at least a dozen Chavez accusations floating around out there, each one more bombastic and ludicrous than the prior one.

So it's about time that someone from the U.S. government responded. Here's the story.

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