Posted on 07/05/2007 9:08:11 PM PDT by james500
Venezuela's foreign minister accused the outgoing U.S. ambassador Thursday of spending his term trying to undermine President Hugo Chavez and said the government hopes his replacement will show more respect.
Ambassador William Brownfield's three-year term was marked by growing hostility between the two governments. The U.S. has called leftist Chavez a negative influence on Latin America, while the Venezuelan leader has often accused Washington of seeking his overthrow.
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"William Brownfield came to Venezuela with one mission: to destabilize the government of President Chavez, to help topple him. And his mission has failed," Venezuelan Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro told reporters.
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Brownfield said in a televised interview Wednesday night that he feels he made some limited achievements in lessening tensions with Venezuela but that he regrets being unable to establish a pragmatic relationship.
He also poked fun at Chavez's anti-U.S. rhetoric, referring to the U.S. "empire" and saying Americans would likely do "very conspiratorial things" this week during the Independence Day holiday, such as attending baseball games.
A career diplomat from Texas with a penchant for wry humor, Brownfield has drawn Chavez's ire by voicing Washington's concerns and handing out donations to youth baseball leagues and charities in pro-Chavez slums.
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“He is being replaced by Patrick Duddy, a senior official in the State Department’s Latin America bureau.”
Know anything about this guy?
http://www.state.gov/p/wha/rls/bio/73623.htm
“He is also a graduate of the National War College where he received a master’s degree in National Security Strategy.”
Excellent! He’s going to give Hugo a stroke!
“President Hugo Chavez and said the government hopes his replacement will show more respect.”
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Why do we even waste the time with this degenerate Castro-wannabe? Because of the oil ?? Most likely.
What’s John Bolton up to these days?
He’s a poet. I guess he can multitask.
Funny you should say that. The company I work for had an exec that looked and acted like Hugo. The exec had a stroke a couple of weeks ago.
Didn’t that socialist rat call our president a devil in our own house?
Ah, you beat me to it. I'm thinking Huey's head would explode.
Chavez is overdue for a good @ss kicking.
And the people of Venezuela would be the beneficiaries.
This didn't get any play on the news...I heard about it from some folks involved.
Respect Is Earned
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