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CARACAS, Friday September 12, 2008 | Update
US says that Chávez and Morales are acting desperately
Politics
The US State Department said on Friday it had told the Venezuelan
government that its ambassador to the United States would
be expelled in retaliation for the diplomatic dispute between
Washington and Latin America's left-wing leaders.
"We regret the action of both President Hugo Chávez
and President Evo Morales to expel our ambassadors to Venezuela
and Bolivia, respectively, US State Department spokesman Sean
McCormack told journalists, as reported by Reuters.
"This reflects the weakness and desperation of these leaders
as they face internal challenges," McCormack added.
US decision to expel the Venezuelan ambassador in Washington
was a response to the announcement made by President Hugo
Chávez to kick out the US envoy in Caracas.
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Venezuela reduces oil to US refineries on OPEC cut
07:36 PM. Economy. State-run oil firm Petróleos de Venezuela (Pdvsa) reduced the "usual volumes" of crude oil shipments to US refinaries Chalmette and Sweeney in order to comply with the cut agreed upon by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) last December, Pdvsa reported on Wednesday.
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