Bush Officials Defend Their Actions on Venezuela Posted: Thursday, April 18, 2002
By Karen DeYoung washingtonpost.com
Bush administration officials forcefully defended themselves yesterday against criticism that they had interfered with the democratic process in Venezuela, saying they had done their best to respond to fast-moving events about which they knew little more than what they were seeing on television. Rather than supporting the self-declared government that temporarily seized power last week from President Hugo Chavez, officials said, they acted quickly to stem its excesses. MORE
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