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Presumptive US Republican candidate for this year’s presidential elections, Mitt Romney, has branded Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez a threat to US national security and accused the leader of Venezuelan’s Bolivarian revolution of “spreading dictatorships and tyranny throughout Latin America”.The former Massachusetts’s governor was responding to comments made by President Obama, who had stated that Chavez did not pose a “serious threat” to the US on Tuesday. Speaking to Fox news channel the following day, Romney said that he had been “shocked and stunned” by Obama’s statements and branded them “naive”.
“This is Chavez who has invited Iran in, who has invited Hezbollah in... This is Chavez who supports FARC [Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia] and other terrorist activity in nations like Colombia, who are friends,” said Romney.
The Republican candidate went on to criticise Obama for not paying enough attention to the continent South of its borders.
“Latin America is critical to America, the United States of America, and the president needs to focus on what is happening there. What Chavez is doing, what the Castros are doing. These are people who call for terrible acts against America,” he added.
Although Obama said he did not classify the Chavez government as dangerous to the US, he did state that his main concern in the country was seeing “the Venezuelan people have a voice in their affairs” and “having fair and free elections, which we don't always see”.
The government has always denied accusations that it has links to terrorist organisations, maintaining that the allegations are unsubstantiated and politically motivated.
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So we are back to the "dangerous, evil, terrorist supporting Chavez" card that the Republicans love to play again? Get people all scared and give me the vote right?
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