US Ambassador to Venezuela, Patrick Duddy, delivers a speech upon his arrival to the US embassy in Caracas on July 2, 2009. The US ambassador to Venezuela has returned to Caracas, restoring diplomatic ties that were ruptured nine months ago with his expulsion in a row with President Hugo Chavez, the US embassy said. Venezuela and the United States have had contentious relations in recent years, but they have moved to improve them since a summit of the Americas in April in Trinidad where Chavez met US President Barack Obama. AFP PHOTO/Juan BARRETO (Photo credit should read JUAN BARRETO/AFP/Getty Images)
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The US Ambassador to Venezuela, Patrick Duddy, delivers a speech at the embassy in Caracas on July 2, 2009. The US ambassador to Venezuela has returned to Caracas, restoring diplomatic ties that were ruptured nine months ago with his expulsion in a row with President Hugo Chavez, the US embassy said. Venezuela and the United States have had contentious relations in recent years, but they have moved to improve them since a summit of the Americas in April in Trinidad where Chavez met US President Barack Obama. AFP PHOTO/Juan BARRETO (Photo credit should read JUAN BARRETO/AFP/Getty Images)
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The US ambassador to Venezuela, Patrick Duddy (L), delivers a speech at the embassy in Caracas on July 2, 2009. The US ambassador to Venezuela has returned to Caracas, restoring diplomatic ties that were ruptured nine months ago with his expulsion in a row with President Hugo Chavez, the US embassy said. Venezuela and the United States have had contentious relations in recent years, but they have moved to improve them since a summit of the Americas in April in Trinidad where Chavez met US President Barack Obama. AFP PHOTO/Juan BARRETO (Photo credit should read JUAN BARRETO/AFP/Getty Images)
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EDITORS' NOTE: Reuters and other foreign media are subject to Iranian restrictions on their ability to film or take pictures in Tehran.....Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (R) holding a letter from his Venezuelan counterpart Hugo Chavez welcomes Rafael Ramirez, Venezuela's Minister of Energy and Petroleum, in Tehran July 1, 2009. REUTERS/Raheb Homavandi (IRAN POLITICS)
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EDITORS' NOTE: Reuters and other foreign media are subject to Iranian restrictions on their ability to film or take pictures in Tehran.....Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad looks at a letter from his Venezuelan counterpart Hugo Chavez delivered by Rafael Ramirez, Venezuela's Minister of Energy and Petroleum, in Tehran July 1, 2009. REUTERS/Raheb Homavandi (IRAN POLITICS)
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Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, right, rises the arm of ousted Honduras' President Manuel Zelaya, center, who embraces Cuba's President Raul Castro at the end of the Central American Integration System, or SICA, summit in Managua, Monday, June 29, 2009. The Organization of American States called an emergency meeting for Tuesday to consider suspending Honduras under an agreement meant to prevent the sort of coups that for generations made Latin America a spawning ground of military dictatorships. (AP Photo/Miguel Alvarez)
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Cuba's President Raul Castro, left, looks at ousted Honduras' President Manuel Zelaya, center, while Zelaya hands Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, right, a mobile phone to answer a call during the Central American Integration System, or SICA, summit in Managua, Monday, June 29, 2009. The Organization of American States called an emergency meeting for Tuesday to consider suspending Honduras under an agreement meant to prevent the sort of coups that for generations made Latin America a spawning ground of military dictatorships. (AP Photo/Miguel Alvarez)
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Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, right, embrace ousted Honduras' President Manuel Zelaya, left, as Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega gestures during the Central American Integration System, or SICA, summit in Managua, Monday, June 29, 2009. The Organization of American States called an emergency meeting for Tuesday to consider suspending Honduras under an agreement meant to prevent the sort of coups that for generations made Latin America a spawning ground of military dictatorships. (AP Photo/Miguel Alvarez)
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Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, right, and Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega applaud during the Central American Integration System, or SICA, summit in Managua, Monday, June 29, 2009. ALBA members condemned the coup in Honduras that ousted Honduras President Manuel Zelaya on Sunday and ordered the removal of all their ambassadors in Honduras. (AP Photo/Miguel Alvarez)
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Ousted Honduras' President Manuel Zelaya, left, Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, right, and Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega joke during the Central American Integration System, or SICA, summit in Managua, Monday, June 29, 2009. ALBA members condemned the coup in Honduras that ousted President Zelaya on Sunday and ordered the removal of all their ambassadors in Honduras. (AP Photo/Miguel Alvarez)
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