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Bush Officials Met With Venezuelans Who Ousted Leader
by NYTposted by Guido) Tuesday April 16, 2002 at 11:10 PM

http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/16/international/americas/16DIPL.html

ASHINGTON, April 15 — Senior members of the Bush administration met several times in recent months with leaders of a coalition that ousted the Venezuelan president, Hugo Chávez, for two days last weekend, and agreed with them that he should be removed from office, administration officials said today.

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