President Chavez has welcomed the arrest of the Prefect of Pando (Bolivia), Leopoldo Fernandez. The President brands Fernandez a "fascist and genocide" after the death of 30 government supporters last week. Chavez reveals that Bolivian President Evo Morales had hinted that he would order Fernandez' arrest on returning home from the Union of South American Nations meeting in Chile. Chilean Foreign Minister, Alejandro Foxley reveals that he was afraid that the emergency meeting of the Union of South American Nations (Unasur) would fail because of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez' insistence on including a condemnation of the United States of America in the final declaration. Foxley says Chile did not agree with the proposal on the basis that regional problems must be solved in the region. Chavez' tone was not the most appropriate, Foxley maintains, and the proposal fortunately did not receive support from other countries. In the end, Chavez abided by the general consensus opinion. According to Foxley, Chilean President Michelle Bachelet and not Chavez was instrumental in proposing the emergency meeting
Zulia State Governor and candidate to the mayor's office of Maracaibo, Manuel Rosales accuses the government of supporting narco-terrorism and corruption. The case of the briefcase full of dollars supposedly to finance the electoral campaign of Cristina Fernandez in Argentina, Rosales quips, is a sure sign that Petroleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) is being used as a cash box to finance irregularities. Rosales says he agrees with the US Treasury Department report on an increase in drug-trafficking in Venezuela and the involvement of the top officers of national security agencies.
Finance Minister Ali Rodriguez says the government is considering that the current turbulence in global financial markets is the right moment for a possible repurchase of debt. The government could repurchase around $1.5 billion of foreign external debt to improve its financial profile and support sovereign bonds, which have taken a fall because of the financial markets, drop in oil prices and fear among investors or possible rupture of relations between the US and Venezuela.
The highly acclaimed "Dossier" TV program analyzing international news and presented by Walter Martinez has returned to VTV State television. The first program kicked off, analyzing the situation in Bolivia and the fall of the Lehman Brothers investment bank. The program had been taken off the air last year for reasons unknown, provoking protests and disappointment among viewers. VHeadline Venezuela News welcomes the return of the program, which provides detailed and balanced analysis of world events. The re-instatement of the Dossier comes after a review and rectification of government media resources and program quality assessments.
At a press conference, President Chavez has called the man, who took the infamous $800,000 briefcase to Argentina and is currently on trial in the USA, Guido Antonini a "bandit." Chavez tells Antonini that he faces an arrest warrant, if he returns to Venezuela. The question, the President wants to ask Antonini is who were the dollars were for. Antonini is a "traitor," Chavez pronounces, because he allowed himself to be used in the ploy against his country. Chavez argues that the whole operation was a set up and recalls that when he, Chavez, arrived in Buenos Aires on that occasion, Antonini had already returned to the US two days earlier and was immediately protected by the FBI. The President denies having dinner with Antonini in Miraflores as the latter alleges, but admits that Antonini made an effort to enter the Palace and couldn't and also tried to be included in the group accompanying Chavez
President Chavez calls on the Armed Forces of Bolivia to assume their responsibility and place themselves at the service of Evo Morales' government and the Bolivian people. The criticism was directed at commander-in-chief of the Bolivian Armed Forces, General Luis Trigo, who accused Chavez of interfering in Bolivia's affairs. Chavez is adamant that there has been a conspiracy in Bolivia brewing for some time for some time, which has been characterized as a civic coup d'etat, but Chavez insists that it has a military component of disobedient officers. The President tells Trigo to speak out about US interference in Bolivia, calling on him to support his President, whose name is Evo Morales and not George Bush.
At a press conference, President Chavez insists that he has no intention of paralyzing trade relations with the United States of America. Chavez confirms that once a new US president has been elected in November, diplomatic relations will be restored and he will appoint an ambassador. Venezuela charge d'affaires and Embassy staff remain in Washington and are working on current trade, energy and social projects. The Venezuelan government hopes to be able to start a dialogue with the new US administration, independently of the winner.
The Vatican has given political asylum to opposition student leader, Nixon Moreno, who has been in the Embassy for more than a year. The reason given for accepting Moreno's asylum petition is "for humanitarian reasons." Moreno's defense lawyers warn that if the Interior & Justice Ministry does not allow Moreno out of the country, they will appeal to national and international instances. Moreno is wanted by the Venezuelan government for creating serious disturbances in the city of Merida two years ago.
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