> Now, this is interesting. -- Yoshie
>
> <http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6181922.stm>
> Friday, 24 November 2006, 18:27 GMT
> Chavez 'Recalls Argentina Envoy'
>
> Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has recalled his ambassador to Buenos
> Aires following a complaint by Argentina's leader, Argentine media
> report.
>
> President Nestor Kirchner is said to have contacted Mr Chavez over the
> conduct of ambassador Roger Capella.
>
> Mr Capella is accused of supporting former Housing Secretary Luis D'Elia.
>
> Mr D'Elia was fired for criticising an international arrest warrant
> for eight Iranian former cabinet ministers issued by Argentine
> prosecutors.
>
> The warrants were issued over the ex-ministers' alleged involvement in
> a bomb attack on a Jewish cultural centre in Buenos Aires in 1994, in
> which 85 people were killed.
Yoshie, what possible progressive interest could be served by obstructing an investigation into a horrific act of terrorism against a Jewish community center in Buenos Aires? Presumably, Chavez has certain distateful, though possibly understandable, raison-d'etat motives for doing this, related to his notional alliance with Iran. But surely this is the sort of thing that even his sympathizers would want to dissociate themselves from. Is there something I'm missing here?
Seth