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Venezuela's Hugo Chavez: Clear Winner In Honduran Crisis

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« on: July 08, 2009, 08:59:52 pm »










Chavez denounced the coup in class terms.



"If the oligarchs of this continent break the rules of the game, as they have in the past few days," Chavez said, "the people have the right to resist and fight back, and us with them. This is a warning for the oligarchs of this continent."

Chavez had reason to feel threatened, according to Alvaro Vargas-Llosa , a Peruvian analyst based in Washington at the Center on Global Prosperity, a research center that promotes free markets.

"We can judge from the way that he's reacted — he's been very nervous — that if the coup against Zelaya prevails, this could create a perception in Central America and beyond that Chavez is now facing a powerful counter-reaction, and that people are now willing to stand up to him," Vargas-Llosa said. "This could also embolden foes in Venezuela , including the military, to try to stop Chavez the next time he violates the law there."

Eduardo Gamarra , a professor at Florida International University from Bolivia , said Chavez had orchestrated a split in the OAS.

"Chavez and his group want to bring back Zelaya at any cost," Gamarra said by telephone from Miami . "The other group — led by the United States and Brazil — favors a more cautious approach."

The Obama administration's opposition to the coup seems to have flummoxed Chavez. During the Bush administration, Chavez typically rallied Latin American presidents when the U.S. took a position at odds with their governments.

"Obama has undercut Chavez's ability to be a knight in shining armor and use the U.S. as a foil," Robert Gelbard , a former U.S. policymaker for Latin America , said by telephone from Washington .

An illustration of that came Sunday, when Chavez told Telesur that he blamed "the Yankee empire" — but not Obama — for the overthrow.

"I am not saying that they have the support of Obama because I believe he (Obama) is more like a prisoner of the empire," Chavez said.
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