Tuesday, April 28, 2009

What could possibly go rwong?

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Venezuela opened diplomatic relations with the 'Palestinian' Authority yesterday just months after leftist President Hugo Chavez broke ties with Israel to protest January attacks on the Gaza Strip. An ally of Cuba, which describes the United States as a decadent empire, Mr. Chavez has harshly criticized Israel as a pawn of Washington in the Middle East and has accused it of carrying out a "holocaust" against 'Palestinians'. Venezuelan Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro and 'Palestinian' Authority Minister of Information and Foreign Affairs Riyad al-Maliki signed agreements creating diplomatic ties and were scheduled to inaugurate a new embassy in Caracas in the afternoon. Although not formally recognized as a nation by the global diplomatic community, the 'Palestinian' territories have embassies in the Middle East, Eastern Europe and Asia. Both Cuba and Argentina host 'Palestinian' envoys...

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