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In my opinion, smiling and shaking hands with Chavez disarms his virulent rhetoric. By rejecting his hand shake, or by projecting a stoic non-emotional reaction to their meeting would have fed into Chavez message as America being the big bad arrogant bully. Chavez is popular and is supported by many in Latin America whether right or wrong.
President Obama's reaction to this meeting marginalizes Chavez and makes him appear to be someone who is out of touch with current events. This is more important to US/Latin American relations that it is US/Venezuela relations.
- disagree. I think it would send a very stern message that only the adults stay up past 10. Time for bed Hugo...zenmasterfoo