Washington, Apr. 25 : Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez wasn''t the first to discover the book he gave to President Obama last week in an attempt to ease diplomatic tensions. College students in the U. S. have been turning its pages for years.
The 317-page "Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent" has been identified on the syllabi of at least 20 U. S. colleges and universities since 2003, and it''s been taught for decades on American campuses, Fox News reports.
Washington, Apr 20 : President Barack Obama has said that it was a nice gesture on the part of Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez to gift him a book during the weekend Summit of the Americas.
Obama, however, said nothing about the theme of the book, "Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent," by Uruguayan journalist Eduardo Galeano, which blames foreign interests like the United States for exploiting Latin America for centuries.
Port of Spain (Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies), Apr. 19 : Venezuelan strongman Hugo Chavez who once famously referred to former US President George W Bush as "the devil," put his animosity towards Washington on the backburner and presented gifts to Bush's successor Barack Obama on the sidelines of the fifth Summit of the Americas meeting here on Saturday.
Port of Spain - The first meeting between US President Barack Obama and Hugo Chavez was a "good start," the Venezuelan president said Saturday.
"We have started to talk with Obama, and in itself that is a start, a good start. I believe we have started with positive steps," Chavez told reporters at the Summit of the Americas underway in Trinidad and Tobago.
"It is time we have the true start of a new history, that there is a balance, that domination mechanisms end," Chavez said.
Port of Spain - President Hugo Chavez on Saturday said he was considering restoring Venezuela's diplomatic ties with the United States, in light of the change in policy under new US President Barack Obama.
"We are considering it with great attention and I think there could soon start to be work meetings," Chavez said on the sidelines of the Summit of the Americas in Trinidad and Tobago.
He said there had already been some exchanges with US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Caracas (Venezuela), Apr. 18 : Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has said that he would like to be good friends with US President Barack Obama, suggesting possibilities of an iminent thaw in hostile relations between the two countries.
According to Fox News, Chavez said: "I'd like to be your friend," while Obama reportedly expressed his thanks, though this couldn''''''''t immediately be confirmed.
Photos released by the Venezuelan government show Obama clasping Chavez''''''''s hand and smiling broadly.
Washington, Apr. 25 : Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez wasn''t the first to discover the book he gave to President Obama last week in an attempt to ease diplomatic tensions. College students in the U. S. have been turning its pages for years.
Port of Spain - The first meeting between US President Barack Obama and Hugo Chavez was a "good start," the Venezuelan president said Saturday.
Port of Spain - President Hugo Chavez on Saturday said he was considering restoring Venezuela's diplomatic ties with the United States, in light of the change in policy under new US President Barack Obama.
Caracas (Venezuela), Apr. 18 : Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has said that he would like to be good friends with US President Barack Obama, suggesting possibilities of an iminent thaw in hostile relations between the two countries.
