A headline of the Venezuelean daily El Nacionalista, published June 16, 2008, read: “Venezuela se negó a seguir de rodillas ante las pretensiones del gobierno norteamericano”. A few weeks before, on May 8, president Hugo Chávez himself had said that Venezuela “would not watch...

A headline of the Venezuelean daily El Nacionalista, published June 16, 2008, read: "Venezuela se nege a seguir de rodillas ante las pretensiones del gobierno norteamericano". A few weeks before, on May 8, president Hugo Chavez himself had said that Venezuela would not watch crossed-armed...