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Oddly, Russia will chair the Group of Eight this year, at a time when its president behaves like another authoritarian leader sitting on vast fossil fuel reserves—Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez. Furthering his “Bolivarian” revolution and profiting from his oily dollars, Chávez is buying military equipment from Spain and AK-47s (guess where from) for his growing “security forces.” As the Bush administration turns its eyes away from Latin America, Chávez buys influence in the region by aiding Caribbean economies...
...Morales toured the region. Chavez declared: "The axis of evil-do you know who the axis of evil is? Washington-that's the axis of evil. And their allies in the world, who threaten, who invade, who kill, who assassinate." As for himself, Morales and kindred spirits, the Venezuelan leader said, "We are creating the axis of good, the new axis of the new century." Morales, for his part, added, "The movement is not only in Bolivia; Fidel [Castro] in Cuba and Hugo in Venezuela are logging triumphs in social movements and leftist policies...
...calling them the "Andean Troika." At the meeting, Chavez praised Humala and glowingly compared him to Peru's last nationalist military leader, Gen. Juan Velasco, who ruled between 1968 and 1975. The current government of Peru later recalled its ambassador from Caracas to protest what it described as the Venezuelan leader's interference in Peru's internal affairs...
...against the democratically elected revolutionary (a charge the Bush Administration denies). Since then, despite what critics call Chvez's penchant for authoritarian rule, his popularity has risen--not only in Latin America but also in some parts of U.S. cities like Boston and New York, where the Venezuelan government--owned company Citgo is providing low-income residents with cheap heating oil this winter. Chvez has surpassed his good friend Fidel Castro as the anti-U.S. idol of the Latin American masses--and as a model for other populist leaders in the region, although few have his petroleum...
...topped Summers on the list of blunders were Tom Cruise, who jumped off the deep end—and onto Oprah Winfrey’s couch—while publicizing his new movie, and Pat Robertson, who had to apologize after calling for the assassination of Hugo Chavez, the Venezuelan president...