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CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - A raucus rally supporting leftist President Hugo Chavez stranded the U.S. ambassador and his delegation inside a social club for more than two hours Wednesday, officials said.
About 200 chanting Chavez supporters burned an American flag, set tires ablaze and blocked the gates of the Italian-Venezuelan social club during the visit by Ambassador William Brownfield to San Juan de los Morros, about 50 miles southwest of Caracas, said U.S. Embassy spokesman Brian Penn.
"It was loud, hostile and somewhat threatening. There were burning tires, loud firecrackers and obscene chants," Penn said. "They weren't about to move and the police weren't about to move them, so we were stuck."
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