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Jesse Jackson to visit Venezuela, meet Chavez
AFP on Yahoo ^ | 8/26/05 | AFP

Posted on 08/26/2005 3:30:18 PM PDT by NormsRevenge

CARACAS (AFP) - US civil rights activist Jesse Jackson will reportedly begin a three-day visit to Venezuela on Saturday, to meet President Hugo Chavez, politicians and community leaders.

Jackson and his delegation will meet Chavez, Venezuelan religious leaders and will attend a special session of Venezuela's National Assembly convened Sunday.

Jackson will also meet leaders of African-descended communities in Caracas, the ABN state news agency said.

On Monday, Jackson travels to Barlovento, 40 kilometers (25 miles) northeast of Caracas, to meet with members of the African-Venezuelan community.

Jackson's visit comes just days after conservative US preacher Pat Robertson said on his television show, "The 700 Club," that Chavez should be killed.

"I don't know about this doctrine of assassination, but if he thinks we're trying to assassinate him, I think that we really ought to go ahead and do it," he said on Monday.

Robertson apologized Wednesday for the comments.

Chavez, a twice-elected leftist and close ally of Cuban President Fidel Castro, has often said Washington would like to assassinate him, and accuses the Bush administration of involvement in a coup d'etat that toppled him for 47 hours in April 2002.

Jackson's visit coincides with the arrival of Organization of American States secretary general Jose Miguel Insulza, as well as representatives and ministers of the OAS, who will take part in negotiations August 28-29 to draft an OAS Social Charter.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Politics/Elections; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: castro; chavez; cuba; hijackson; hugochavez; jackson; jesse; shakedown; venezuela; visit
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To: NormsRevenge

don't these idiots have to get some type of government clearance ? Jackson and that California Idiot who is meeting with V.Fox to apologize for Arnold and State. Too bad they can't have a loon conventions and have the earth swallow them a-holes. J Jackson has been out of the limelight to long, Cindy has Al and he goes off to scam someone.


21 posted on 08/26/2005 4:23:00 PM PDT by newfrpr04
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To: tet68

afrozealuns! LOL!!!!!


22 posted on 08/26/2005 4:24:10 PM PDT by Recovering Ex-hippie (Everything I need to know about Islam I learned on 9-11!)
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To: Recovering Ex-hippie

Come on, spell it right!

Afrozuelans.


23 posted on 08/26/2005 4:25:31 PM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: newfrpr04

At the risk of getting knocked off this thread. Pat should have included JJ in his statement. I wonder just how many person's blood is on his hands?????????


24 posted on 08/26/2005 4:31:32 PM PDT by Coldwater Creek ("Over there, Over there, we will be there until it is Over there.")
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To: NormsRevenge

Jesse is milking the Robertson quote for all its worth. I bet Chavez is paying the tab for Jess' trip.


25 posted on 08/26/2005 4:32:23 PM PDT by sgtbono2002
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To: tet68

Let's not leave out Afroafhanistanians and Afroaqis ..!


26 posted on 08/26/2005 4:39:27 PM PDT by Recovering Ex-hippie (Everything I need to know about Islam I learned on 9-11!)
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To: NormsRevenge

Jackson is going to blackmail Chavez into paying "protection money" to protect him from Pat Robertson?


27 posted on 08/26/2005 4:55:22 PM PDT by TommyDale
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To: NormsRevenge

Whenever I see Jesse, I think of what Ken Hamblin AKA the Black Avenger said of him

"Basically he's a public relations media whore"


28 posted on 08/26/2005 5:17:43 PM PDT by packrat35 (reality is for people who can't face science fiction)
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To: NormsRevenge
LOL, the same ol media whores.
29 posted on 08/26/2005 5:20:16 PM PDT by roses of sharon
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To: packrat35

"Basically he's a public relations media whore"

Even more basic than that, Jackson is a communist. Him and Hugo, two peas in a pod.


30 posted on 08/26/2005 5:28:56 PM PDT by sasportas
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To: ChadGore
Ugh! In that photo he looks like a guppy ODing on Quaalude.
31 posted on 08/26/2005 7:40:01 PM PDT by Jorge
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To: skip_intro

"Did the UN create a Secretary of Grift and Poverty Pimping position recently?"

They will as soon as Clinton steps into Kofi's seat.


32 posted on 08/26/2005 8:07:46 PM PDT by Domestic Church (AMDG...)
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