Venezuela's Chavez Calls Mexican President a “Puppy of US Empire”

[callady]

Venezuela's Chavez Calls Mexican President a “Puppy of US Empire”

Friday, Nov 11, 2005

By: Alessandro Parma - Venezuelanalysis.com

Caracas, Venezuela, November 10, 2005 – During a meeting at the Teresa Carreno Theater Wednesday night, President Hugo Chavez said that Mexican President Vincente Fox’s support of the US during the recent Summit of the America’s was unfortunate. Chavez said, “How sad that the President of a people like the people of Mexico lets himself become the puppy dog of the empire.”

Mexico's foreign ministry responded to this by asking the Venezuelan Ambassador to Mexico, “to present an explanation.” Chavez’s comments come after a week of hostile words between the leaders of Mexico, Argentina, and Venezuela, following the defeat of the US agenda at the recent Summit of the Americas.  

Vincente Fox is identified as a close US’s ally. At the summit he was a strong supporter of the Bush administration's proposed Free Trade Area of the America proposal, or FTAA. Chavez fought hard against the FTAA at the summit. Ultimately, several other nations including Argentina voted against the FTAA, resulting in a failure for the US policy. At the end of the summit, Chavez said he, “tasted victory,” and “buried” the FTAA. 

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Tuesday Chavez said Fox exited the summit, "bleeding from his injuries." Wednesday night he added, “It makes one sad to see President Fox selling out.” Chavez also said he had opposed the FTAA for all of Latin America. Chavez said, “We are defending not only our own fate, this is about everything, the possibility for us to be vigorous countries with an integrated development.” 

http://www.venezuelanalysis.com/news.php?newsno=1811

[Judi Lynn]

1. Argentina's Nestor Kirchner also tore into Vicente Fox

yet his comments got very little attention. It's covered in this post:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=1914880&mesg_id=1914880

It looks like a proof there's a push to target Hugo Chavez, or Kirchner would have also received the same treatment for his similar remarks on Fox as a suck-up to _Bush.

[gordianot]

2. Love him or hate him.

Chavez says what he thinks. Very refreshing

[Dharma_Bum]

3. Ya Really !!

Outstanding!

[Voltaire99]

4. Hard to imagine hating the light of our hemisphere.

One Hugo is worth a thousand Hillarys.

[Caesarmajestic]

5. Alternate universe with Bush, Chavez switched in the year 2001?

What would America look like today if somehow Bush and Chavez had switched countries in 2001?

Now I have never met Hugo Chavez, so I am talking about his humanitarian image on DU not the Che Guevara image on mainstream media.

[newyawker99]

6. Hi Caesarmajestic!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast: