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shindell-list-digest     Wednesday, April 17 2002     Volume 04 : Number 126



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  Re: [RS] Richard in Grand Rapids -- 15 April 2002        [ptpower@juno.com]

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Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2002 07:00:32 -0400
From: ptpower@juno.com
Subject: Re: [RS] Richard in Grand Rapids -- 15 April 2002

With regard to Richard's venting last night, here's an excerpt from a New
York Times article about our government's support for a coup overthrowing
a democratically-elected president, something I heard referred to
yesterday morning as a "chamber of commerce" coup.

"Mr. Chavez has made himself very unpopular with the Bush administration
with his pro-Cuban stance and mouthing of revolutionary slogans  and,
most recently, by threatening the independence of Venezuela's state-owned
oil company, Petrsleos de Venezuela, the third-largest foreign supplier
of American oil. 

Whether or not the administration knew about the pending action against
Mr. Chavez, critics note that it was slow to condemn the overthrow and
that it still refuses to acknowledge that a coup even took place. One
result, according to the critics, is that in its zeal to rid itself of
Mr. Chavez, the administration has damaged its credibility as a chief
defender of democratically elected governments. And even though they deny
having encouraged Mr. Chavez's ouster, administration officials did not
hide their dismay at his restora tion.

Asked whether the administration now recognizes Mr. Chavez as Venezuela's
legitimate president, one administration official replied, "He was
democratically elected," then added, "Legitimacy is something that is
conferred not just by a majority of the voters, however." "

Wow . . . imagine that concept. . .  "Legitimacy is something that is
conferred not just by a majority of the voters." 

Here's the link to the entire article:

http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/16/international/americas/16DIPL.html?toda
ysheadlines


Pat


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