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Danger Signs in Venezuela |
| Section: CURRENT ISSUES / ANALYSIS |
| Author: Mark Holston |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 1/1/2001 |
| Size: 2,203 Words, 13,911 Characters |
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Those threats center around one man: Venezuelan President Hugo Ch vez Fr¡as, a tough former army paratrooper and coup plotter who has been twice democratically elected, yet whose hallmark is revolutionary rhetoric and an enthusiasm for Cuban President Fidel Castro.
Just as Venezuela is rich in oil, Latin America over the past 20 years has become rich in democratic governments. But Washington, which has been cheered by this trend, fears that Venezuela may be a bellwether of bad times to come on the freedom front.
U.S. officials also wonder whether events in Venezuela could affect the price of imported oil in America. Few North American consumers of gasoline realize that in any given month, the single largest source of imported oil to the United States may not be a Middle Eastern k...
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...ld-be caudillos in other countries," comments Johnson about Ch vez and his potential for influencing events beyond his country's borders. "It could complicate our relations throughout the hemisphere. Yet, the United States should not give up on our friends in Venezuela and elsewhere in the region--serious democrats and intellectuals who will need encouragement to rebuild a civil society." vbcrlf
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