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CUMANA, Venezuela — President Hugo Chavez said Thursday that Venezuela will vote against the declaration of the Summit of the Americas in a gesture of protest against the United States.
The summit, which begins today, brings together all 34 members of the Organization of American States. But Chavez said it reinforces a U.S. foreign policy that treats Latin America as subservient to Washington’s interests. Chavez said a new hemispheric group that does not give the U.S. such power should be created to replace the OAS and that this weekend’s summit in Trinidad “should be the last of its kind.”
