09-12-2008, 06:18 AM
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CARACAS, Venezuela - President Hugo Chavez said the U.S. ambassador has 72 hours to leave Venezuela and that he's recalling his ambassador from Washington.
Chavez said Thursday night that he is asking U.S. Ambassador Patrick Duddy to leave in part to show solidarity with Bolivian President Evo Morales, who expelled Washington's envoy in La Paz.
"They're trying to do here what they were doing in Bolivia," Chavez said.
<b>"That's enough ... from you, Yankees," he said, using an expletive</b>.
<b>The socialist leader said Venezuela's ambassador to Washington, Bernardo Alvarez, would return to the U.S. "when there's a new government in the United States."</b>
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He is hoping for Obama.
CARACAS, Venezuela - President Hugo Chavez said the U.S. ambassador has 72 hours to leave Venezuela and that he's recalling his ambassador from Washington.
Chavez said Thursday night that he is asking U.S. Ambassador Patrick Duddy to leave in part to show solidarity with Bolivian President Evo Morales, who expelled Washington's envoy in La Paz.
"They're trying to do here what they were doing in Bolivia," Chavez said.
<b>"That's enough ... from you, Yankees," he said, using an expletive</b>.
<b>The socialist leader said Venezuela's ambassador to Washington, Bernardo Alvarez, would return to the U.S. "when there's a new government in the United States."</b>
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He is hoping for Obama.