Chavez Loses, Warns US About Oil


	Chavez Loses, Warns US About Oil

papananook

12-3-2007 4:47 PM

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venezuela, chavez, election, cia, plot, oil

papananook says:

I would imagine Hugo is rather pissed he lost and not happy about the CIA plot either....

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