Reply #7: what spin!!

[Bacchus39]

Chavez has been campaigning for the seat forever.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061024/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/venezuela_chavez_s_setbacks;_ylt=ArvTd4QApIiKvwARH9h20Y.3IxIF;_ylu=X3oDMTBjMHVqMTQ4BHNlYwN5bnN1YmNhdA--

Chavez suffers international setbacks By IAN JAMES, Associated Press Writer
Mon Oct 23, 11:09 PM ET



CARACAS, Venezuela - President Hugo Chavez has suffered a string of international setbacks, seeing his campaign for a U.N. Security Council seat fall short and his favored leftist candidates losing elections in Peru and Mexico.


Calling President Bush "the devil" still rallies faithful Chavistas in Venezuela, where Chavez leads in the polls six weeks ahead of elections. But critics say his superheated rhetoric is turning away some potential supporters elsewhere.

"Taking these kinds of broadsides against the U.S. hasn't really worked for him politically abroad," said Daniel Erikson of the Inter-American Dialogue, a Washington-based think tank. "A lot of governments indicated they would vote for him in the U.N., and then when it came to the secret ballot, they