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Chavez tells Obama to give Guantanamo back to Cuba
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BELEM, Brazil (Reuters): Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Thursday urged US President Barack Obama to return the military base of Guantanamo to Cuba after applauding his decision to close the prison for terrorism suspects there.

The anti-US Cuba ally has tense relations with the United States and was been one of the most outspoken critics of former President George W. Bush, though he has kept open the possibility of improving ties with Obama.

"Now he should return Guantanamo and Guantanamo Bay to the Cubans because that is Cuban territory," he said in a speech at the World Social Forum in Brazil, a gathering of activists billed as an alternative to the Economic Forum of business leaders in Davos, Switzerland.

Shortly after taking over last week, Obama ordered that the Guantanamo Bay prison for terrorism suspects be closed within a year, showing a clear break from Bush's policies.

The United States took possession of the land around Guantanamo Bay in southeastern Cuba under a lease established after the 1898 Spanish-American War. In a 1903 agreement, Washington rented the land in perpetuity and pays a yearly fee. Since 1960 Cuba's communist government has refused to cash the checks.

The prison was set up to hold foreign terrorism suspects captured after US-led forces invaded Afghanistan to root out al Qaeda and its Taliban protectors in response to the attacks of September 11, 2001.

Chavez said he wants to improve relations with the United States but is waiting for further signs Obama will move away from US "imperialism."

"Let's wait and see, I don't have many illusions, the empire is intact," he said. "In Venezuela we are prepared to resist 10 more years, 20 more years, 100 more years of imperialist aggression."

January 30, 2009

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AlejandroS Alejandro S
April 2, 2009 | 5:30 AM
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I really don't know if it is a good idea for Obama to give back the Guantanamo back to Cuba. Issues live this as well as poverty, economic recession, health and unemployment are just one of issues that our president facing up. But did you know that recently Pres. Obama talks of ACORN? It’s true, ACORN fell far from their liability tree, and they losing fast in their credibility and winding up as being portrayed as nuts. The Congressional representatives were progressively more resistant on listening to the group, after allegations (even some convictions) of voter fraud, and other abnormalities for a social altruism group. President Obama and his ties to this band of malcontents are coming under more scrutiny, especially after the introduction of HR 1388, a bill that would virtually mandate volunteer activities – indistinguishable to a violation of the Constitution. I think they may all need payday loans, because if they keep up their tomfoolery, everyone on the board of ACORN may have to get new job. Well president, I do think you should act faster before you realize you have nothing but miseries of your people.
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