elef Posted September 24, 2006 Report Share Posted September 24, 2006 Chavez minister in spat with US "Venezuela has accused US officials of stopping its foreign minister, Nicolas Maduro, and stripping him of his travel documents after he visited the UN." ----------- "Mr Maduro phoned Venezuelan television station Globovision on Saturday to tell them he had been detained. Mr Mauro said the situation had deteriorated when he informed officials that he was Venezuela' s chief diplomat. He said he was confined to a small room and told to remove his clothes. "They started insulting, yelling and brought a police officer... and they started threatening us," Mr Maduro added. "Now I have no documents and cannot travel."" BBC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bangkoktraveler Posted September 24, 2006 Report Share Posted September 24, 2006 I like trhe official governmental reply of "The US authorities said there was no evidence Mr Maduro had been detained" even though the man had been strip searched and detained. Do I believe the event happened? Sure! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Hippie Posted September 24, 2006 Report Share Posted September 24, 2006 The Venezuelans are really pushing this aren';t they? All or some of what Chavez said may well be true about GWB, but this outburst is unheard of in such a setting. Frankly, I think the man showed is ignorance. As for this incident with the strip search...? Sounds like Bullshit, there would be a tape, and or a hughe gap if the tape were erased...and a lot of explaining to do. The way their are whistle blowers and rats, some heads would roll, I doubt it hapened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elef Posted September 24, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 24, 2006 Maybe this time the UN will move the HQ, but every time something like this happened before the US governments begged to keep it there and paid compensation. Castro has a embassy in NY and can travel as often he likes to the US with his heavily armed bodyguards...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted September 24, 2006 Report Share Posted September 24, 2006 Tells you something when even the Democrats are attacking Chavez. Folks are comparing Chavez's speeches to Khrushchev's shoe pounding at the UN and Arafat appearing to speak at the UN with a pistol on his hip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elef Posted September 24, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 24, 2006 Some guys in the police will be kicked out and some hundred millions of american taxpayers money will be paid in compensation, but no apology as this of course never happened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BadaBing Posted September 24, 2006 Report Share Posted September 24, 2006 Just one of the benefits that the " not wanted " get when coming or going from the US of A. Protocal is what i think it's called..... Bada Bing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fidel Posted September 24, 2006 Report Share Posted September 24, 2006 I read the text of Chavez's Speech. and all I can say is that it's about time someone laid out the truth like he did. I have a lot of respect for Chavez and for Ahmadinejad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elef Posted September 24, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 24, 2006 Cheaper to apology and lose face obviously, not yet on BBC - Utrikesdepartementet kan bekräfta att venezuelanske utrikesministern Maduro dragits in i en händelse på JFK, sade UD-talesmannen Gonzalo Galegos. - UD beklagar denna händelse. Förenta Staterna ber utrikesminister Maduro och Venezuela om ursäkt. Source in Swedish - State Department can confirm that the venezuelan foreign minister was involved in an incient on JFK, State Department spokesman Gonzalo Galegos said. - State Department regrets this incident. United States of America ask foreign minister Maduro and Venezuela of forgiveness. (Just my retranslation) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mekong Posted September 24, 2006 Report Share Posted September 24, 2006 Reuters has it in English Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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