U.S. Envoy Urges Venezuela to End Insults

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U.S. Envoy Urges Venezuela to End Insults

Staff and agencies
29 March, 2006

By CHRISTOPHER TOOTHAKER, 31 minutes ago

CARACAS, Venezuela - The U.S. ambassador to Venezuela said Wednesday he hopes to see more constructive dialogue and less name-calling rhetoric from President Hugo Chavez.

Chavez often calls President Bush "Mr. Danger," and also has labeled him a "madman" and a "drunkard."

"Hopefully, in the future we can express our differences and discrepancies in a manner that doesn‘t include rhetoric like — I don‘t know — donkey, drunkard, murderer, demented person, terrorist," Brownfield told the Venezuelan television station Televen.

The U.S. has accused Chavez of trying to export his socialist "revolution" to neighboring countries, saying he is a destabilizing force in the region. Chavez has responded furiously that he poses no threat, saying the U.S. is the one with a history of invading countries from Iraq to Panama.

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