Secretary Powell said today that Iraq had to be disarmed because it had supported "terrorists" and was making prohibited weapons.
Then, in May, Mr Chávez decided not to renew the broadcasting licence of the main opposition television channel, ostensibly because it had supported the 2002 coup attempt.
A leader of a smaller party, the Tamil United Liberation Front, which won five seats, said it would definitely not join the alliance because it had supported another Tamil party in the campaign, nor would it join the United National, which it considers worse.
The risk premium on Ecuador's bonds rose sharply on the news of Mr Ortiz's departure.Mr Correa sometimes takes pains to stress that he is not a clone of Venezuela's Hugo Chávez, who last year cancelled the licence of an opposition television station (because it had supported a coup attempt against him).
But earlier this month, Liberty VP Mark Hine wrote to club president Brian Diaz that the club's status was being dropped because it had supported candidates whose views were "contrary to the mission of LU and to Christian doctrine," even though the club itself was officially pro-life and anti-gay-marriage.
Working in the poorest countries is not without controversy, given the capitalist-industrial model that it promotes, the environmental and social side-effects of projects that it has supported and because of the governments under which it has worked.
Sparring between the White House and the Democrats over whether the tax cut endangers needed spending or threatens the inviolability of Social Security funds will certainly go on despite the fact that the tax cut passed because it had support from some Democrats.
There was speculation that the Supreme Court might split on the issue because in previous rulings it had supported the "nuisance" argument.
"I do have a problem with it, because I've supported him and played him and stuck by him when he's not been particularly great.
