Venezuela Minister Says He Was Harrassed at Airport by US Officials

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/5374954.stm


Mr Maduro phoned Venezuelan television station Globovision on Saturday to tell them he had been detained.

Mr Mauro said the situation had deteriorated when he informed officials that he was Venezuela' s chief diplomat.

He said he was confined to a small room and told to remove his clothes.

"They started insulting, yelling and brought a police officer... and they started threatening us," Mr Maduro added.

"Now I have no documents and cannot travel."

The country's Vice-President, Jose Vicente Rangel, said there was no doubt that the detention was connected to Mr Chavez's speech at the General Assembly on Wednesday in which he mocked US President George W Bush as "the devil."

It was an "unspeakable" attack, he said.

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1. Pelosi... Rangel... What say you? 'tis good?

:shrug:

[BurtWorm]

2. Incidentally, Maduro is the foreign minister.

I'd like to know if this is true.