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Chavez Gives Gift to Obama: Book that Chronicles US and European interference in Latin America
April 18, 2009 in Campaign 2008, Campaign 2010, Campaign 2012, Economy, Family values, Politics, socialism, Terrorism, Uncategorized | Tags: Hugo Chavez, Latin America, Obama birth certificate, Pres. Barack Obama, Summit of the Americas | 3 comments
At summit, Obama gets friendly with Chavez:
In front of photographers, Chavez gave Obama a copy of “The Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent,” a book by Eduardo Galeano, which chronicles U.S. and European economic and political interference in the region.
Later, when a reporter asked Obama what he thought of the book, the president replied: “I thought it was one of Chavez’ books. I was going to give him one of mine.”
For full story: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090418/ap_on_go_pr_wh/cb_obama_summit_19
