# Bolivia and Venezuela to expel U.S. ambassadors.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bolivia-and-venezuela-to-expel-u-s-ambassadors/463208>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [September 12, 2008, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bolivia-and-venezuela-to-expel-u-s-ambassadors/463208 "2008-09-12T02:19:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![Spurious\_George](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/94ad74/32.png) [@Spurious\_George](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spurious_George)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2008, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bolivia-and-venezuela-to-expel-u-s-ambassadors/463208/21 "2008-09-30T18:45:13Z")

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> [@sailor](#):
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> The \*\*dictators \*\*are paranoid without objective reason but the CIA may, in fact, be plotting against them even if they do not know it.

Unlike many US-allied leaders, Chavez and Morales are both democratically elected Presidents of their countries. Perhaps you said “dictators” when you meant to say “terrorists” or “Communists”, which is what we generally call non-Americans who refuse to accept American economic hegemony over their part of the world.

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**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2008, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bolivia-and-venezuela-to-expel-u-s-ambassadors/463208/22 "2008-09-30T19:02:44Z")

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> [@Spurious\_George](#):
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> Unlike many US-allied leaders, Chavez and Morales are both democratically elected Presidents of their countries. Perhaps you said “dictators” when you meant to say “terrorists” or “Communists”, which is what we generally call non-Americans who refuse to accept American economic hegemony over their part of the world.

Word.

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**Author:** ![sqweels](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f19dbf/32.png) [@sqweels](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sqweels)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2008, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bolivia-and-venezuela-to-expel-u-s-ambassadors/463208/23 "2008-09-30T19:22:31Z")

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Why ruin a perfect storm?

Vote McCain!

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