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WATCH: What does Chavez think of Ahmadinejad's Holocaust denial?
By Haaretz Service
Tags: Hugo Chavez 

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez says he disagrees with his ally, Iranian leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, on whether or not the Holocaust took place, though he added that the West has also engaged in its own form of denial in its failure to acknowledge the impact of colonialism on South America.

"I do not deny the Jewish Holocaust. And I condemn it," Chavez told CNN's Larry King on Thursday. "But in South America, when the Europeans arrived, there were close to 90 million Indians; 200 years later, we only had 4 million remaining. That was a holocaust. And the Europeans denied this holocaust."



During the interview, Chavez repeated his accusation of "genocide" against Israel for its actions during Operation Cast Lead, the three-week military offensive against Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip.

Venezuela broke off diplomatic ties with Israel in January to protest the offensive.

"They killed how many children in Gaza?" Chavez asked Larry King. "What is that? Genocide. Thousands of families destroyed with bombs and tanks. That's crazy. That's a genocide."

Chavez brushed off King's contention that Israel was a "small, beleaguered country."

"[It's a] small country with atomic bombs and [it is] a very aggressive country who invaded the Golan Heights and it has to give them back to Syria," Chavez said. "It has massacred entire families. It is a warmongering country."
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  1.   the world turns a blind eye to genocide 02:38  |  VIPER 28/09/09
  2.   denial in its failure to acknowledge the impact of colonialism on 03:23  |  Jan D. 28/09/09
  3.   You Go Hugo 03:39  |  edgar 28/09/09
  4.   Chavez makes more sense and has more intellect than Obama! 04:16  |  concerned american 28/09/09
  5.   viper:" the world turns a blind eye to genocide" 04:44  |  NOT-Haaretz.com 28/09/09
  6.   Genocide of Venezuelans in Venezuela`s Chavez 05:11  |  Ami ben Abraam 28/09/09
  7.   Europe or Was It the Spaniards? In either case 05:21  |  Brad 28/09/09
  8.   Hugo`s Version of a Bully 05:24  |  Brad 28/09/09
  9.   Did Larry King actually believed all that was said by the other? 05:26  |  Marco Antonio Morín 28/09/09
  10.   Chavez 05:35  |  Yosemite 28/09/09
  11.   And Who Cares? 05:55  |  Mark Lincoln 28/09/09
  12.   Did anyone notice that Ahmadinejad has ended? 06:00  |  Mark Lincoln 28/09/09
  13.   Genocide at the hands of the radical muslims 06:26  |  Wake up 28/09/09
  14.   I liked Chavez answer 07:13  |  dani.a 28/09/09
  15.   90 million???? 08:01  |  Oscar 28/09/09
  16.   anti-missle defense 08:35  |  politKomment 28/09/09
  17.   Hafez Al Assad- 10:03  |  Ashdod 28/09/09
  18.   Re: Mark Lincoln 11:23  |  Edan 28/09/09
  19.   genocide? 11:43  |  Francisco 28/09/09
  20.   # 6 Ami ben Abraam So. American birth control? 12:04  |  petra McIntyre 28/09/09
  21.   To OSCAR 12:26  |  rob 28/09/09
  22.   To EDAN 12:32  |  rob 28/09/09
  23.   #5 12:48  |  Harold 28/09/09
  24.   above 12:54  |  moishe 28/09/09
  25.   For tha Arabs to live next to Israel is like being next to the... 13:42  |  Tcherkessi 28/09/09
  26.   One analysis often over looked and mistaken is... 15:19  |  Eli 28/09/09
  27.   Learn English 15:33  |  Dick 28/09/09
  28.   Learn English 15:33  |  Dick 28/09/09
  29.   To Rob 15:39  |  Francisco 28/09/09
  30.   to Edan 15:46  |  Lalo 28/09/09
  31.   Concerned American - in the USA we have presidential term limits 17:04  |  David Israel 28/09/09
  32.   Dick - very good point 17:17  |  David Israel 28/09/09
  33.   Chavez vs Obama: Logic 101 17:48  |  Highlander 28/09/09
  34.   CHAVEZ ANSWER IS TO TAKE AGRESSION OUT ON THE JEWS OF VENEZUELA 18:07  |  David 28/09/09
  35.   David Israel 18:26  |  White Russian 28/09/09
  36.   David and term limits 18:50  |  A TRUE American 28/09/09
  37.   concerned American 20:33  |  Eaglebeak 28/09/09
  38.   Definition:Genocide is the deliberate and systematic destruction, 21:05  |  Joshua 28/09/09
  39.   White Russian 21:35  |  David Israel 28/09/09
  40.   A True American 21:44  |  David Israel 28/09/09
  41.   great response to Rob 22:26  |  Mike Toledano 28/09/09
  42.   #5, NOT HAARETZ, has a huge problem 03:32  |  VIPER 29/09/09
  43.   #38, DAVID ISRAEL, seriously, stop lying 03:39  |  VIPER 29/09/09
  44.   Oscar: When is a holocaust not a holocaust? 06:08  |  Highlander 29/09/09
  45.   Viper - I only gave you one example 14:49  |  David Israel 29/09/09
  46.   David Israel from Turkey you know little about America 14:52  |  American in NY 29/09/09
  47.   Those who think know more about USA 16:47  |  David Israel 29/09/09
  48.   David Israel # 47 I do know more than you 22:22  |  American in NY 29/09/09
  49.   Person to be claiming to be American somewhere upstate 23:26  |  David Israel 29/09/09
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