The poor rebel--and socialsm's coming back in Latin America

November 29, 2005
The Free Lance Star
By Rosabeth Moss Kanter

BOSTON--Seemingly unrelated events can turn out to have a lot in common.

The riots in France revealed unrest in poor neighborhoods where young people of North African origin told reporters that they just want jobs and inclusion.

At the Summit of the Americas in Argentina, mobs took to the streets to protest against President Bush, while Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, and Venezuela rejected the U.S.-desired Free Trade Area of the Americas.

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Chavez to push ahead with Spanish arms deal

Thursday, November 24, 2005
Reuters

CARACAS, Venezuela -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said his government will go ahead with the purchase of Spanish military aircraft and naval vessels even as he accused the U.S. government of pressuring Madrid to halt the transaction.

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Venezuelan oil sales to American poor:

Chávez builds base with grass-roots circles in U.S.
November 21, 2005
Miami Herald
By Pablo Bachelet

WASHINGTON - Miami's Jesús Soto supports Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez's vision of ''participatory democracy.'' Valerie Pusch of Chicago backs Chávez because of his policies on behalf of the poor.

And they say so loudly, as heads of their local Bolivarian Circles -- among the dozen or so U.S. copies of the groups Chávez has set up throughout his country to mobilize Venezuelans on behalf of his socialist "revolution.''

Even as Chávez attacks President Bush as his sworn nemesis, his government is running a strong campaign to curry favor with U.S. citizens through leftist grass-roots groups, paid lobbyists and public relations operatives and offers of cheap fuel for America's poor.

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Venezuelans to begin selling cheap oil to poor in Boston, New York
November 18, 2005
Associated Press

CARACAS, Venezuela --Venezuela will soon begin selling heating oil at discount prices to poor communities in Boston and New York, following up on a promise by President Hugo Chavez, Venezuela's state oil company announced.

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Mexico, Venezuela recall ambassadors

Nov. 14, 2005, 3:19PM
Associated Press
MEXICO CITY — Mexico and Venezuela announced today they will pull their ambassadors from one another's capitals amid a war of words, including Mexico's demand that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's government apologize after he warned Mexican leader Vicente Fox: "Don't mess with me."

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Chavez Claims Victory at Americas Summit

By Natalie Obiko Pearson
Tuesday, November 8, 2005
The Associated Press

CARACAS, Venezuela -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez proclaimed a "knockout" victory in the Summit of the Americas after helping thwart a U.S.-backed free trade zone, strengthening his position as Latin America's most vocal rival of President Bush and as a maverick unafraid of irritating his neighbors.

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Pentagon to Venezuela: Who, Us?

By William M. Arkin
Washington Post Online
November 3, 2005

Venezuela's Hugo Chavez and Donald Rumsfeld are like two alcoholics drinking together, pathetically doing the only thing they know how to do, egged on by their presence at the bar.

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