“Not even dressed as Father Christmas” will Chavez make it to Mercosur

Tuesday, March 22nd 2011 - 08:48 UTC

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“Not even dressed as Father Christmas can president Hugo Chavez make Venezuela become a member of Mercosur”, according to a 2009 Wikileaks cable quoting Paraguay’s Foreign Affairs minister Hector Lacognata during an informal talk with US ambassador in Asuncion Liliana Ayalde. Read full article

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GeoffWard
It is my belief that the big beasts of S.A. are happy to use Paraguay's vote to keep the Chavez loose cannon out of Mercosur.
Having ridden the Horsemen of the Apocalypse through Venezuela's economy, the South American nations want him a million miles away from their economic development.
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