Venezuela's Chavez blocks nominated US envoy
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Newly nominated US ambassador Larry Palmer will not be allowed to take up his post in Caracas after criticizing Venezuela's socialist government, President Hugo Chavez said on Sunday.
"How do you think, Obama, that I am going to accept that gentleman as ambassador?" Chavez said on his weekly TV program, referring to US President Barack Obama's proposed envoy to the South American OPEC member. "It's impossible." (Reuters)
