Edited with wild abandon...so as to skew the Bolivan's point

Bolivian offers advice on dealing with Chavez

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"It is easy to call him a clown, that he is a buffoon and what have you. He is not," said Jorge Quiroga, who left office in 2002 and remains an opposition leader in Latin America.

Quiroga said during a speech before the World Affairs Council that he is not a Chavez fan, but respects his brain power.

"He has a photographic memory. He is obsessive. He is compulsive, extremely smart," Quiroga said.
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The best way to take on Chavez is for the United States to sit down, be quiet and stay out of the way of Latin Americans fighting for democracy, Quiroga said
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