Distance Grows Between Venezuela and the U.S.

Venezuela’s poor relationship with the United States has yet to be fully examined or corrected and, as distance grows between the two nations, it seems very much as if the possibility of reconciliation “is diminishing,” said the president of the Republic, Hugo Chavez Frias, at a press conference with the international media at the Miraflores Palace.

With respect to the American president, Barack Obama, the Venezuelan leader said that at one time he had hoped to improve relations with a new America under a new leader but later discovered the disheartening truth. Although Frias still believes that his U.S. counterpart is a man with good intentions, it has become increasingly clear that as far as foreign and Latin American policy are concerned, Obama is George W. Bush’s equal in every way.

“This empire shall come to an end, its end will come with or without Obama. Like all empires, it must come to an end and a new world will be born, a multi-power world.”

He added that recent signs indicate a bettering relationship with the U.S.; the recent exchange of ambassadors was hailed as an important diplomatic achievement. Beyond that, Venezuela has been treated most aggressively and it appears there may not have been a change of government in the United States at all.