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Reuters. 14 April 2002. U.S. offers tough message to Venezuela's Chavez. WASHINGTON -- The United States, which did not condemn the military coup that ousted Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, greeted his return on Sunday with a stern message that his policies were not working and he should be more responsive to his people [read: the capitalists and labor aristocrats]. "I hope Hugo Chavez takes the message that his people sent him that his own policies are not working for the Venezuelan people," U.S. National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice said on NBC's "Meet the Press" news program. "We do hope that Chavez recognizes that the whole world is watching and that he takes advantage of this opportunity to right his own ship which has been moving, frankly, in the wrong direction for quite a long time," Rice said. On Sunday, an official at the U.S. State Department said the U.S. was monitoring the situation closely. On Friday, White House spokesman Ari Fleischer said "Details are still unclear, but what we do know is that the actions encouraged by the Chavez government provoked a crisis. . U.S. officials insisted, however, that they did not know in advance of the chain of events that led to Chavez's departure And they said they did not consider his ouster a coup, even though military leaders installed a new government. This was in contrast to the Latin American leaders from the 19-member Rio Group, who condemned what they called the interruption of constitutional order, called for clean democratic elections and said it was too early to decide if they could recognize the new interim government as legitimate. Rice, while offering to work with the Organization of American States, or OAS, and other countries in the region to help move Venezuela through this crisis, warned on Sunday that Chavez must respect constitutional processes. "This is no time for a witch hunt this is time for national reconciliation in Venezuela and we are working with our partners in the OAS and in the region to try and help Venezuela through this very difficult time," she said. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Barry Stoller http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ProletarianNews --------------------------- ANTI-NATO INFORMATION LIST ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: [email protected] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.a9617B Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
