Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez proclaimed a “knockout” victory in the Summit of the Americas after helping thwart a U.S.-backed free trade zone, strengthening his position as Latin America’s most vocal rival of President Bush and as a maverick unafraid of irritating his neighbors. The fiery leader was buoyed by the emergence of a five-nation bloc opposed to the trade pact and was cheered by thousands of anti-Bush protesters at the summit in Argentina. Full Story
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