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Bush Admin Funneling Millions Into Chavez Opposition Groups![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Don't the bastards ever learn?. The Democracy Now website is reporting that Bush & co are facing fresh accusations of seeking regime change in Venezuela. Documents obtained by the Associated Press show the US Agency for International Development USAID has given more than twenty six million dollars to opponents of President Hugo Chavez in the last four years. USAID released copies of more than one hundred contracts with the groups but hid the names of about half of them. Larry Birns, director of the Council on Hemispheric Affairs, said: "This indicates there is a great deal of money, a great deal of concern to oust or neutralise Chαvez. The US is waging diplomatic warfare against Venezuela." |
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