The appointment of a U.S. CaracasChavez: "Ok Clinton, Penn, Chomsky and Stone"

Bill Clinton, Sean Penn, Noam Chomsky, Oliver Stone and Hugo Chavez are the options for the role of U.S. ambassador in Caracas. The list of names was proposed by Venezuelan president in order to unlock the diplomatic impasse generated in the United States after a challenge by Chavez Larry Palmer, the ambassador chosen by Barack Obama.

Palmer, an African American former ambassador of the United States in Honduras, had recently criticized the Venezuelan government, saying that army morale is low and that there were clear links between members of the leftist Chavez and the rebels in neighboring Colombia . After the veto Palmer, saying that Venezuela has many friends in the U.S., Venezuelan President then cited as potential ambassadors to his country Bill Clinton, actor Sean Penn, the linguist and philosopher Noam Chomsky and the director Oliver Stone, who had recently declared his admiration for Hugo Chavez in Caracas during the presentation of a documentary about his South American leaders on the left.

When Obama took office in January 2009, promising more political engagement with the countries historical enemies of the USA, there were expectations of a rapprochement between Washington and Caracas. It was Chavez to scale back his verbal attacks to the 'imperialism' USA. But in November the same year is a time of controversy when she was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize to U.S.

President, Chavez criticized the approach by saying that the jury award was perhaps based on the promises of Obama, to ban nuclear weapons, and had forgotten his role in "keeping his battalions in Iraq and Afghanistan, and its decision to deploy new military bases in Colombia." Despite these facts, it is unlikely that Venezuela and the United States threaten to undermine their trade links, which are crucial to the economies of both countries.

The United States remains in fact the main buyer of oil from OPEC countries. re. gum

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