http://www.thetakeaway.org/2009/apr/22/critics-wary-president-obama-reaches-out-venezuelas-hugo-chavez/ http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/audio.wnyc.org/takeaway/takeaway042209h.mp3 Critics wary as President Obama reaches out to Venezuela's Hugo Chavez http://www.thetakeaway.org/2009/apr/22/critics-wary-president-obama-reaches-out-venezuelas-hugo-chavez/ true 6363 segment President Obama is signaling a new era of diplomacy with two Latin American nations long considered troublesome for American interests, namely Venezuela and Cuba. President Obama has called for open dialogue with Cuba and has said that "The policy that we've had in place for 50 years hasn't worked t