A Gangster With Oil -- Investor.comYears ago, Americans worried about Venezuela's leftist Hugo Chavez becoming a new Castro — with oil. It happened. Now he's filling his cabinet with drug lords, and the threat morphs into something creepier.
Last week, Chavez promoted Major General Henry Rangel Silva to general-in-chief, the top position in the Venezuelan military command.
It was a rogue act because, in 2008, the U.S. Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control named Rangel and two other Chavez loyalists as "Tier II Kingpins" for material support of drug trafficking.
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More News On Venezuela's Ties With Colombian Drug Lords
Chávez Backs General Who Is on Drugs List -- Wall Street Journal
Stratfor // Makled's threat to the Venezuelan Regime -- VHeadline.com
Colombia: Suspected drug lord will be sent to Venezuela, not U.S. -- CNN
Florida Rep. Mack says Obama must get tough with Venezuela's Chavez -- Miami Herald
Chávez the Cocaine Capo? -- The American
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