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CHINA BRIEF
Volume 6, Issue 6 (March 15, 2006) | Download PDF Version
"PRAGMATISM OVER IDEOLOGY: CHINA’S RELATIONS WITH VENEZUELA"
By William Ratliff
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The incessant barrage of threats and counter-threats hurtling between Washington and Caracas is the background, sometimes the foreground, of Sino-Venezuelan relations. Simply put, if U.S. ties to Venezuela were friendly, Beijing would have little to do in this oil-rich state that exports 60 percent of its output to its northern neighbor. Yet, Washington has been suspicious of Hugo Chavez since his election as president during the Clinton administration and relations have nosedived under the current presidency of George W. Bush. U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice called in mid-February for an “inoculation” strategy to neutralize Chavez (Reuters, February 17). Meanwhile, Chavez insists that the U.S. plans to invade Venezuela and uses his enormous oil slush fund to press for Latin independence from Washington. Enter China, searching for oil."
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"1 D-M gate-crasher sent to Sonora facility"
Arizona Daily Star ^ | Carol Ann Alaimo
Posted on 03/17/2006 4:06:25 PM PST by SandRat
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The driver of a pickup truck that ran a checkpoint at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base on Tuesday headed back to his native Mexico in an ambulance Thursday and may never be prosecuted, Tucson police said."
ARTICLE SNIPPET #2: "Police have identified the driver as 28-year-old Fidel Antonio Lopez-Sanchez of Nogales, Sonora, and the passenger as Saul Cazares Carrillo, 24, of the 16000 block of West Greenwald Street, near Three Points, about 20 miles west of Tucson.
Police said the driver, Lopez-Sanchez, was found with a loaded handgun at his feet and possible cocaine in his pocket. They also said the truck's cab smelled heavily of alcohol at the time of the accident."
ARTICLE SNIPPET #3: "Police have not been able to contact the owner of the Dodge truck, which is registered to a resident of Nogales, Ariz. The vehicle has not been reported stolen, Robinson said."
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"China's Closeness With Russia Causes U.S. Concern"
VOA ^ | Mar.17,2006
Posted on 03/17/2006 4:58:37 PM PST by Tailgunner Joe