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...critics also say López has a self-righteous streak that colors his campaign, such as when he refused to take part in the first presidential debate. The Harvard-educated Calderón, 43, has run negative ads that equate López with Latin America's left-wing bogeyman, Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez, and he charges that López's social welfare agenda will jeopardize the nation's decade-long economic recovery and return Mexico to the debt nightmares of its past...
...need not have worried. Within a short while, in March 1901, Roosevelt was elected Vice President under McKinley; six months later, following McKinley's assassination, he was catapulted into the highest office. As early as 1902 he demonstrated the growing clout of the U.S. Navy during the so-called Venezuelan crisis. Venezuela's feckless financial policies and its refusal to pay international debts had led to a blockade of its coastline by various European navies, notably Germany's. Urged on by the nationalist wing of the U.S. press, Roosevelt had instructed Dewey, now an admiral, to patrol with a large...
...other matters. Late last week, after Chavez announced a deal to buy 24 Russian fighter jets, a U.S. State Department spokesman said Venezuela appeared to be in the midst of an "outsized military buildup for a country of that size and the nature of the threats" in the region. Venezuelan officials say the purchases are not part of any real arms buildup, but simply a necessary move to replace aging, outdated military equipment...
...After a half an hour delay reported by journalists on the boats, the virgins were eventually transported to the beach, where community members planned to carry them clandestinely to Venezuelan troops dressed as civilians so they could fight enemy troops invading their communities. Meanwhile, civilian reservists exploded fake land mines aimed at enemy tanks speeding down a coastal highway. Soldiers representing the invaders sat perched atop the tanks and sprayed blanks from their machine guns towards bystanders on a nearby boardwalk...
...Despite the war games, some analysts say Chavez will ultimately not jeopardize his relationship with the United States, his nation's largest oil customer and financial market. Venezuelan military analyst and columnist Alberto Garrido says military conflict between the two countries is still a "hypothesis." But even he acknowledges that, given how high the stakes are in the U.S.-Venezuelan relationship, anything is possible. As he puts it, "One never knows what can happen when there are two conflicting positions up against each other with oil in the middle...