Hugo Chavez tells Venezuela troops to 'prepare for war' with Colombia
Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez yesterday ordered the country’s Military to prepare for a possible armed conflict with Colombia, saying Soldiers should be ready if the United States attempts to provoke a war between the South American neighbours.

Chavez tells troops to ready for war with Colombia
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — President Hugo Chavez ordered Venezuela 's Military on Sunday to prepare for a possible armed conflict with Colombia , saying the country's Soldiers should be ready if the United States attempts to provoke a war between the South American neighbors.

Chavez orders military to prepare for war with Colombia
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is saying the United States could attempt to provoke a war between the two South American countries and has ordered Venezuela's Military to prepare for war with Colombia. Chavez pointed to a recent agreement between Colombia and the United States giving the U.S. Military greater access to Colombia's Military bases, saying the deal poses a threat to regional stability, reports Associated Press . President Chavez said if a conflict begins between the two countries,...

Chavez warns of Colombia war
President Hugo Chavez has ordered Venezuela's Military to prepare for a possible armed conflict with Colombia, saying his country's Soldiers should be ready if the United States attempts to provoke a war between the South American neighbours. President Chavez said Venezuela could end up going to war with Colombia as tensions between them rise, and he warned that if a conflict broke out "it could extend throughout the whole continent." "The best way to avoid war is preparing for it," president...

Chavez: American deal with Colombia means war: PHOTO
One might be tempted to dismiss Hugo Chavez’ latest saber rattling as meaningless, another crazy statement from a lunatic bent on destroying the wealth of his nation in order to play Mini-Me to the Castro Brothers.

Colombia turns to U.N. after Chavez war talk
Colombia said it will appeal to the U.N. Security Council after Hugo Chavez, the president of neighboring Venezuela, ordered his army to prepare for war in order to assure peace.

-Prepare for war,' Chavez warns Venezuelan military, populace
The leader of the fifth-largest oil exporter in the world is warning his country's Military and citizenry to prepare for war with Colombia and the United States, according to published reports. Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez issued his warning during a weekly radio address. "Let's not waste a day on our main aim: to prepare for war and to help the people prepare for war, because it is everyone's responsibility," he reportedly said. Chavez has repeatedly voiced deep fears of US encroachment in...

Colombia turns to UN, OAS after Venezuela war talk
By Hugh Bronstein Bogota (Reuters) - Colombia said on Sunday it will appeal to the U.N. Security Council and the OAS after Hugo Chavez, the fiery leftist president of neighbouring Venezuela, ordered his army to prepare for war in order to assure peace. For months Chavez has said that a Military cooperation pact signed last month between Bogota and Washington could set the stage for a U.S. invasion of Venezuela from Colombian territory. The United States and Colombia dismiss that idea, saying...

Venezuela Is Up In Arm

BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition: Chavez urges preparation for war
This is a syndicated post. Original article from BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition , available at BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition . Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez urges his armed forces to be prepared for a possible war with Colombia.

Chavez announces Ahmadinejad visit
November 9, 2009 CARACAS (JTA) -- Hugo Chavez expects Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to visit Venezuela by the end of the year, the Venezuelan president said. Chavez made the announcement concerning Iran's president, a key ally, on his weekly television and radio broadcast "Alo Presidente" while flanked by Iran’s ambassador to Venezuela, Amad Sobani. Chavez visited Ahmadinejad in Tehran in September. Venezuela has deepened its ties with Iran in recent years, exchanging official visits...

Sean Penn Visits Hugo Chavez, Talks Politics And Obama's Nobel Prize
CARACAS, Venezuela — President Hugo Chavez said he met privately with actor Sean Penn on Wednesday, and that the Oscar-winning celebrity may film a movie in Venezuela. Penn may shoot a film based on a novel by Cuban writer Alejo Carpentier, which is set largely in the jungle along Venezuela's southern Orinoco river, Chavez said. He appeared to be referring to Carpentier's 1953 novel, "The Lost Steps," about an American anthropologist and composer's journey into the jungle region. Penn's...

Venezuela, Iran mull gasoline deal, joint oil company
CARACAS, Venezuela, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- Venezuela and Iran are considering a wide-ranging energy cooperation deal that will give Iran a sanctions-busting option to import up to 20,000 barrels a day of gasoline from this Latin American country. The deal has been discussed over several months already and is now slated for final consideration when Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad visits Caracas at the invitation of President Hugo Chavez , officials said. Ahmadinejad, who put off a summer visit...

Sean Penn's Son Turns Out To Be A Doper & A Druggie - Maybe Even a Dealer!: PHOTO
It’s tragic for any child to be on a bad track, to take drugs, to sell drugs, to lose their precious evanescent youth to the drug culture.  However what can we learn from this story about the arrest of Sean Penn’s 16 year-old son Hopper Penn (Yes, young Hopper is a popper!).  Well how about the following: Venezuela is an important shipping nexus for Cocaine and Heroin taking these killing chemicals from their points of manufacture and origin right into the USA for...

Venezuela sends soldiers to border
The deployment to the Venezuelan border states of Zulia, Tachira, Apure, Amazonas and Bolivar follows shootings involving Troops and gunmen that have heightened tensions between the two countries. The latest came on Thursday when pro-Chavez lawmaker Iris Varela said Venezuelan Soldiers killed a suspected Colombian paramilitary fighter and detained five others near the border. Venezuela has long complained that Colombia isn't containing the violence from its decades-long armed conflict involving...

Venezuela-Colombia border closed after shooting
Two international bridges between Venezuela and Colombia remained closed, as Venezuelan authorities searched for three people and arrested a fourth suspected in the shooting death of two national guardsmen.

Building the Case for Repealing DADT
From Boston.com: The Obama Administration today has more research to help make its case for allowing gays and Lesbians to serve openly in the armed forces. A survey of Troops who served in Iraq and Afghanistan has found that having gay or Lesbian Soldiers in fighting units has no significant impact on unit cohesion or readiness. (Read it here.) The data raises new doubts about the underlying assumption of the congressional ban, namely that Military discipline will fall apart if gays and...

Fort Hood focusing on healing after shootings
Washington - The US Military at Fort Hood, Texas has taken steps to ensure Soldiers and civilians affected by last week's shooting are receiving proper care to cope with the traumatic slayings. Lieutenant General Robert Cone said arrangements have been made to help the 600 people he says who were directly affected by the rampage by a fellow soldier that left 13 people dead. The goal is to provide behavioural health assessments as well help those seeking care. 'We are working that very hard,'...

Aussie troops uncover explosives cache
AUSTRALIAN soldier soperating in Afghanistan have continued a run of successes in uncovering insurgent caches of explosives. One such cache discovered last Friday contained contained 93 individual pieces of Military grade explosive totalling about 23 kilograms. That differs from the home-made fertiliser-based explosive that insurgents have been increasingly using for improvised explosive devices (IEDs). Defence said the various caches uncovered between November 4 and 8 held a variety of weapons...

Sean Penn - Penn Plans Movie In Venezuela: PHOTO
Actor/director Sean Penn is planning to shoot a new movie in Venezuela, the country's President Hugo Chavez has revealed. Penn shared his plans with the controversial leader during a meeting on Wednesday (28Oct09) at the presidential palace in the capital Caracas. The movie will be based on Cuban author Alejo Carpentier's 1953 novel The Lost Steps. Speaking on state television Chavez says "(He) told me was very interested in a film project... that would most likely be shot in part in...

The Associated Press: Chavez: Sean Penn may make film in Venezuela
CARACAS, Venezuela — President Hugo Chavez said he met privately with actor Sean Penn on Wednesday, and that the Oscar-winning celebrity may film a movie in Venezuela. Penn may shoot a film based on a novel by Cuban writer Alejo Carpentier, which is set largely in the jungle along Venezuela's southern Orinoco river, Chavez said. He appeared to be referring to Carpentier's 1953 novel, "The Lost Steps," about an American anthropologist and composer's journey into the jungle region. Penn's...

Honduras & U.S. -- By: NRO Staff: PHOTO
My initial concern about the Micheletti-Zelaya accord has been mostly allayed.  The first press reports , from the MSM were in error, not surprisingly.  (Most U.S. and Latin media have been partial to Zelaya, or uninformed, or both).  This may well result in a victory for Honduran Democracy and a defeat for Zelaya, Hugo Chavez, Fidel Castro, and their supporters.  It is also an embarrassing setback for this administration’s diplomacy, which ended accepting a deal it...

Sean Penn - Penn Plans Movie In Venezuela
Actor/director Sean Penn is planning to shoot a new movie in Venezuela, the country's President Hugo Chavez has revealed.Penn shared his plans with the controversial...

BartletCare: -West Wing' First Couple Endorses Pelosi Health Care Reform Bill
As we come down to the wire on Pelosi’s government-run Health Care bill, look for the left to trot out every possible relic of more prosperous times in a desperate attempt to pass this thing (or at a minimum avoid reading it ).

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