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.
