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Sometimes it is hard to tell who Cuba and Venezuela favor in the U.S. election. The daughter of Cuban dictator Raúl Castro has already endorsed President Obama and on Sunday Venezuelan strongman Hugo Chávez did so for the second time in less than four months. "I hope this doesn't harm Obama, but if I was from the United States, I'd vote for Obama," Mr. Chávez said on state television. That may seem like support for the U.S. incumbent president. But is it? With the Venezuelan economy in the tank, inflation roaring, crime soaring and the Chávez government notorious for corruption,...

The remedy for fear: resistance Hugo Chávez's dictatorial appetite became even more voracious this Monday, February 2, the tenth anniversary of his arrival in the Presidency of the Republic. In an act without precedent since democracy was established in Venezuela, the President boasted and bragged that he had decreed the day a national holiday. Inconceivable as it may seem, Chávez announced this nationwide “stoppage” surreptitiously in paragraph 26 of an unintelligible column written by the President that is published weekly by several pro-government rags, among them Últimas Noticias . Equally incredible was that he announced it to the rest of...

'THE DEVIL CAME TO THE UN YESTERDAY... Bush, I have the feeling you are going to live the rest of your days as a nightmare... We need a psychologist to analyze Bush... YANKEE IMPERIALISTS GO HOME'...

Caracas, Venezuela - United States President George Bush should kneel before Pope John Paul and ask for forgiveness for abuses committed by US soldiers in Iraq, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said on Friday. In his latest jibe against the US leader, the outspoken left-wing Venezuelan president urged Bush to use his planned visit to the Vatican on June 4 to announce the withdrawal of US troops from Iraq. "Even though he's not a Catholic... he should ask God's forgiveness at the Vatican... go down on his knees in front of the Pope and ask for the forgiveness of the world,...