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Phillip Blanchard · **Posted:** Tue Mar 02, 2004 7:11 am

CARACAS, Venezuela - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez called President Bush an "asshole" on Sunday for meddling, and vowed never to quit office like his Haitian counterpart as troops battled with opposition protesters demanding a recall referendum against him.***... a comment that was not reported in the United States, as far as I can tell.***

jjmoney62 · **Posted:** Tue Mar 02, 2004 7:53 am

Did you search for dashes and asterisks?I was reminded of the wonderful documentary "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised" -- a fascinating insider view of the attempted 2002 coup vs. Chavez -- this morning when I heard a radio report of Colin Powell's response to Aristide's claim of U.S. coercion. Said Powell: "That's simply -- uh -- not true."

jmcg · **Posted:** Tue Mar 02, 2004 3:27 pm

<blockquote>quote:<hr>Originally posted by blanp:
CARACAS, Venezuela - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez called President Bush an "asshole" on Sunday for meddling, and vowed never to quit office like his Haitian counterpart as troops battled with opposition protesters demanding a recall referendum against him.***... a comment that was not reported in the United States, as far as I can tell.***<hr></blockquote>So where was it reported and published?

Phillip Blanchard · **Posted:** Tue Mar 02, 2004 4:05 pm

<blockquote>quote:<hr>Originally posted by jmcg:
So where was it reported and published?<hr></blockquote>Various British, Australian and Asian newspapers. And on Web sites, of course.

ADKbrown · **Posted:** Wed Mar 03, 2004 8:45 am

Did he actually say "asshole" or the Spanish equivalent?

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