Hugo Chavez, the president of Venezuela, has told the US government to “shove” its list of countries that “sponsor terror,” daring the US to place Venezuela on the list:
President Hugo Chavez dared the U.S. on Friday to put Venezuela on a list of countries accused of supporting terrorism, calling it one more attempt by Washington to undermine him for political reasons…
U.S. lawmakers including Reps. Connie Mack and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, both Florida Republicans, have called for the State Department to add Venezuela to its list of terror sponsors, which includes North Korea, Iran, Syria, Sudan and Cuba. They have expressed concerns about what they call Chavez’s close ties to Colombia’s leftist rebels.
”Let them make that list and shove it in their pocket,” Chavez said in a televised speech.
”We shouldn’t forget for an instant that we’re in a battle against North American imperialism,” Chavez said. ”On this continent, they have us as enemy No. 1.”