Posada is old - maybe he isn't gonna live long enough to become more of an international problem than he already is.
Do you really think that Chauvez can be trusted? This guy hates the U.S. and all it stands for. He wants to be a dictator, he is probably considering dictating over the whole of S.A.. Ya gotta see this coming?
Oh, I'd say he's serious enough, and the current governments of Afghanistan and Iraq might agree with me. What I don't understand is how a couple of pumped-up nonentities such as Chavez and Castro figure they're the arbiters of the matter.
Chavez was elected largely on the promise to eradicate poverty and provide jobs. His wild statements on foreign policy are nothing more than a smokescreen for domestic incompetence. If he does manage to ruin the Venezualan oil industry as its recent fall-off in productivity seems to indicate that he is, he'll have managed to take one of South American's success stories from riches back to rags, just as his good friend Mugabe has done for Zimbabwe.
"Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez warned on Sunday he could reconsider diplomatic ties with the United States if..."
If it isn't this issue it will be something else. Chavez has decided that eh's going to take a page from Castro - blame everything (including his own tactical failures) on the US. He's just looking for a reason to break relations iwth us and stop selling us oil.
IMHO we should try the Cuban in US courts. If there's evidence he should be jailed - in the US. If not, let him go. Either way, screw Castro and Chavez.