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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 10:41 PM Original message |
Regional bloc says Ecuador's sovereignty was violated |
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sabbat hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 10:53 PM Response to Original message |
1. Columbia |
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Tandalayo_Scheisskopf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 10:55 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Chavez is starting to strike me as... |
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stox (23 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 11:20 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. I wouldn't underestimate Hugo |
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Hulk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 12:25 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. That isn't saying much..... |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 11:51 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. If he were that, he wouldn't be talking |
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Bacchus39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 09:29 AM Response to Reply #4 |
31. they wouldn't make it past Cúcuta |
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Andrushka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 02:30 AM Response to Reply #2 |
10. In what way? |
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Tandalayo_Scheisskopf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 02:35 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Absurd? |
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Andrushka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 03:32 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Oh, I see |
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Peace Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 05:45 AM Response to Reply #11 |
20. Bush/U.S. arms Colombia to the teeth with BILLIONS of our tax dollars in military aid, |
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MaryCeleste (898 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 05:28 PM Response to Reply #20 |
63. Actually Venezuela is the leading military power in the region |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 05:35 PM Response to Reply #63 |
67. Oh, now you're just trying to scare us! Look at these figures. They don't agree with you. |
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MaryCeleste (898 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 05:42 PM Response to Reply #67 |
72. Try an authoratitive source, like Janes online |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 05:43 PM Response to Reply #72 |
74. Maybe you could post your info. from that source, since so many of us don't have a subscription. n/t |
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MaryCeleste (898 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 06:09 PM Response to Reply #74 |
80. Here is another from a mix of sources...Faux and Pravada |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 06:16 PM Response to Reply #80 |
81. I've been poisoned! Why would you use those sources? |
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MaryCeleste (898 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 07:07 PM Response to Reply #81 |
86. Beacuse the data is right even if the analysis sucks |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 07:27 PM Response to Reply #86 |
87. He had to get new planes because Bush made it impossible for him to repair the old ones from the U.S |
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MaryCeleste (898 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 07:39 PM Response to Reply #87 |
89. *sigh* look at fielded forces...that is what matters |
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Bacchus39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 08:05 PM Response to Reply #89 |
92. here is a graphic from the Washington post on Ven, Ecuador, Colombian military strength |
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MaryCeleste (898 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 09:04 PM Response to Reply #92 |
95. Its also not showing the SU-30s of the Hind Helos that have been reported as delivered |
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Bacchus39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 09:09 PM Response to Reply #95 |
96. Colombia has double the population of Ven nearly so their numbers reflect that |
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MaryCeleste (898 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 09:24 PM Response to Reply #96 |
97. Hmmm, not so sure |
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Bacchus39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 09:31 PM Response to Reply #97 |
99. I agree with you that it will blow over quickly |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 06:57 AM Response to Reply #11 |
21. And getting rid of presidential term limits would make him just like... |
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MarkR1717 (90 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 07:28 AM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Viva el dictator, long live the tyrants.... |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 07:43 AM Response to Reply #23 |
25. The Canadians & Brits seem to love their enslavement. |
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MaryCeleste (898 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 05:32 PM Response to Reply #11 |
65. Funny acutally |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 09:18 AM Response to Reply #2 |
30. He's the point man for push back against Bush among |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-05-08 11:57 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. Colombia intercepted traffic related to hostage-release plans to identify the location of |
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MaryCeleste (898 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 05:11 PM Response to Reply #5 |
57. Anything to back your hypothesis up? |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 10:30 PM Response to Reply #57 |
100. Alleged Chávez's call to Reyes revealed location of FARC camp |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 05:24 PM Response to Reply #5 |
60. I read an article in which Rafael Correa said something similar to your conclusion. |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 01:37 AM Original message |
Colombia Acting Under Bush Orders To Stir Up Trouble |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 02:19 AM Response to Original message |
9. Knowing a tad about Latin American History |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 01:37 AM Response to Reply #1 |
8. dupe deleted |
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arcos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 03:58 AM Response to Reply #1 |
17. ARE YOU SERIES??!?!??11!!!?111???! |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 09:11 AM Response to Reply #1 |
27. That's backwards. Colombia just murdered the man who had been brokering |
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Bacchus39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 09:14 AM Response to Reply #27 |
28. the man was a leader of the organization that took the hostages in the first place |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 01:28 AM Response to Original message |
7. Why am I reminded of the Guatemalan Mexican Incident of 1985 |
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jzodda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 02:44 AM Response to Original message |
12. why doesn't anybody ask why FARC was allowed a base in Ecuador? |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 03:39 AM Response to Reply #12 |
15. You need to get your facts straight on narco trafficking in Colombia, for christ's sake. |
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Bacchus39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 09:15 AM Response to Reply #15 |
29. don't want to answer the question do you?? |
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FalconsRule (228 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 09:59 AM Response to Reply #29 |
34. Not until you |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 05:26 PM Response to Reply #15 |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 05:32 PM Response to Reply #61 |
64. Hi, there. I have to admit I knew nothing whatsoever about Colombia until I started hearing personal |
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arcos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 04:01 AM Response to Reply #12 |
18. The FARC don't have a "base" in Ecuador... they have camps... |
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Peace Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 06:58 AM Response to Reply #12 |
22. According to Rafael Correa, President of Ecuador, he was negotiating with |
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MarkR1717 (90 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 07:40 AM Response to Reply #12 |
24. The FARC are great people... |
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Peace Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 08:45 AM Response to Reply #24 |
26. Rafael Correa, Ecuador's President, said that the Colombian government LIED to him |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 09:43 AM Response to Reply #12 |
32. Because it is murder? |
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Bacchus39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 09:54 AM Response to Reply #32 |
33. why doesn' the FARC let them go, they are the ones who kidnapped them? |
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FalconsRule (228 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 10:02 AM Response to Reply #33 |
35. Why should they? |
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Bacchus39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 04:44 PM Response to Reply #35 |
54. yes, sympathy for the hostages doesn't seem to run too deep. |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 03:36 AM Response to Original message |
14. OAS passes resolution on Colombian raid |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 03:48 AM Response to Original message |
16. Colombia takes more heat from Latin America left |
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arcos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 04:03 AM Response to Reply #16 |
19. "Anti-Colombia" tour? wow... |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 12:54 PM Response to Reply #19 |
37. It seems they never sleep in their quest for control of public perception. |
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sabbat hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 12:22 PM Response to Original message |
36. kick |
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Zorro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 01:05 PM Response to Original message |
38. FARC is a cancer |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
39. OAS credibility is at stake in Ecuador-Colombia crisis |
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MaryCeleste (898 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 05:17 PM Response to Reply #39 |
59. What credibility? |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 06:04 PM Response to Reply #59 |
78. You're not looking beyond the media stereotype |
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Joanne98 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 04:32 PM Response to Original message |
40. Colombia takes more heat from Latin America left |
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LeftCoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 04:32 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. Hmm...looks like the story is starting to get some media penetration here finally |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 04:32 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. God forbid they should ever slip and include any part of the truth in their articles! n/t |
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Dr.Phool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 04:32 PM Response to Reply #40 |
43. Columbia trying to become the Israel of the south? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 04:32 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. Deleted message |
Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 04:32 PM Response to Reply #45 |
47. Uh-huh. |
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Hell Hath No Fury (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 04:32 PM Response to Reply #45 |
49. You've been alerted on. |
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MaryCeleste (898 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 05:34 PM Response to Reply #43 |
66. Actually Venezuela is better armed |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 04:32 PM Response to Reply #40 |
44. I put a notice from the VIO which has a couple of requested actions |
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PSPS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 04:32 PM Response to Reply #40 |
46. Here we go agaiin. The "left," "leftist," is code for "Marxist." |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 04:32 PM Response to Reply #46 |
52. People need to start seeing the pattern of constant repetition of emotionally charged terms from |
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MaryCeleste (898 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 05:40 PM Response to Reply #52 |
71. Actually its from all sides, and we need to be evaluate critically all sources |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 05:49 PM Response to Reply #71 |
75. That's not really true. The ongoing media campaign |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 06:17 PM Response to Reply #46 |
82. A better term would be "BushCo's whore in Latin America". n/t |
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Robbien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 04:32 PM Response to Reply #40 |
48. Bush's response: He urges Congress to ratify NAFTA for Columbia |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 04:32 PM Response to Reply #40 |
50. I guess the "Latin American left" is all of Latin America now. nt |
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AlphaCentauri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 04:32 PM Response to Reply #40 |
51. Here is an interview with Reyes and a video |
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cliss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 04:32 PM Response to Reply #40 |
53. I just read that Venezuela has placed an embargo |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 04:56 PM Response to Reply #53 |
55. Yeah, I thought it was a sharp move. |
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cliss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 05:10 PM Response to Reply #55 |
56. Let's make a bet. |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 05:15 PM Response to Reply #56 |
58. I was thinking a week or two. I'll say two weeks. The 21st. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 05:28 PM Response to Reply #58 |
62. Monday. BushCo has an election to steal and can't really be bothered |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 05:38 PM Response to Reply #62 |
70. No kidding! Isn't that hideous? He was the ONE PERSON they needed to get out of the way, |
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MaryCeleste (898 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 05:38 PM Response to Reply #56 |
69. Baring a military move by Chavez, it will all blow over in two weeks - no damage from the embargo |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 05:43 PM Response to Reply #69 |
73. This won't blow over until Colombia has a real government. |
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MaryCeleste (898 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 05:51 PM Response to Reply #73 |
76. Disagree |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 05:58 PM Response to Reply #76 |
77. There is no better description of the rifts in Latin America |
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Bacchus39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 07:03 PM Response to Reply #73 |
85. you mean one acceptable to Hugo? |
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MaryCeleste (898 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 09:28 PM Response to Reply #56 |
98. How about pinging us in a couple of weeks and we can see where things are |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-07-08 05:05 PM Response to Reply #56 |
101. Damn I think you just won. Or anyway I lost. |
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MaryCeleste (898 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 05:37 PM Response to Reply #53 |
68. I am more concerned about the troops beng massed by Chavez |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 06:08 PM Response to Original message |
79. Really hope this thing can be resolved. How many DU'ers remember the wonderful day they had |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 06:24 PM Response to Reply #79 |
83. OMG! LOOK at that body language! |
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Bacchus39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 07:02 PM Response to Reply #79 |
84. I remember the day in December when Chavez was beat down by the Venezuelan voters |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 07:32 PM Response to Reply #84 |
88. And did Chavez try to override the people's vote? |
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Bacchus39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 07:43 PM Response to Reply #88 |
90. I never called him a dictator, he was elected |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 07:57 PM Response to Reply #90 |
91. Apparently you haven't, but apparently you like using the term "dictatorial", which... |
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Bacchus39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 08:07 PM Response to Reply #91 |
93. sure he has those aspirations, the recent referendum was an example |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-06-08 08:24 PM Response to Reply #93 |
94. I don't see how getting rid of term limits is dictatorial... |
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