Ruh-ro - Hugo's gettin' feisty...

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez says he will consider breaking diplomatic ties with the US if it fails to hand over a Cuban-born terror suspect.

Venezuela says Luis Posada Carriles must stand trial over the 1976 bombing of Cuba's plane that killed 73 people.

Mr Chavez says Washington would be guilty of protecting international terrorism if it refused extradition.

Mr Posada Carriles - the 77-year-old former CIA employee - was charged last week with illegal entry into the US.

goodness gracious... a FORMER CIA EMPLOYEE... my, my...

He said Caracas would decide "if it['s] worth having an embassy in the United States, wasting money, or for the United States to have an embassy here".

"It is difficult, very difficult, to maintain ties with a government that so shamelessly hides and protects international terrorism," Mr Chavez said.

the pieces of the latin american chessboard are now offically in play... (see my oas post from earlier today...) so, where's condi when you need her...? shopping for ferragamo shoes, no doubt... ~snark~

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