Video of the Day: Chávez Prepares Citizens for War
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez has called on citizens to prepare for war after Colombia rejected his appeal to remove the U.S. military bases from its territory that Venezuela believe is a threat to the country.
“Let them not make a mistake, because we are ready for anything,” the Venezuelan leader said, rejecting an offer by Brazil to arrange a meeting between Chávez and his Colombian counterpart Alvaro Uribe to settle the issue.
“One must speak with love and therefore I say to (US) President (Barack) Obama: don’t make a mistake and order an open attack on Venezuela using Colombia,” Chávez said in the television programme Alo Presidente yesterday. Chávez also ordered the military to prepare for war.
“This world is infected by the virus of the terrible disease of violence by the most powerful against the weakest,” he said.
[...] of the nation. So it was cause for concern when Chávez used last Sunday’s program to declare in his usual erratic and combative style, “Let’s not waste a day in our main aim to prepare for [...]
Posted 9:29 am on November 12, 2009