Bolivian President, Evo Morales was a special guest of President Chavez yesterday to watch the launching of the Simon Bolivar satellite in China at noon Venezuelan time. Both presidents observed the launching from the Lupena tracking station in Venezuela's southeastern Bolivar State. Venezuela is the fourth Latin American country to have its own satellite and, Chavez proclaims, the satellite has given Venezuela a new leash of independence. The opposition 24-hour TV news station, Globovision has been criticized for sidelining the launching of the satellite and giving greater prominence to the $800,000 briefcase trial in Miami. Government sources indicate that the scant coverage of the satellite launch coincides with Globovision's editorial line to downplay any government achievement and highlight all the negative aspects, big and small, that could embarrass the government. However, the main opposition newspapers, El Nacional and El Universal have given prominence to the satellite launching recognizing its news and historical value.
United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) communication & propaganda chief, Vanessa Davies has presented a help card of the party called the "Chavez key and lock." In order to vote for the PSUV, Davies points out, one must also vote for the key, that is Union of Electoral Victors (UVE) ... candidates to all posts are displayed on the help sheet. Davies admits that there was confusion last Sunday during an electoral rehearsal and that is the reason why the party has issued the guide. The party will distribute replicas of electoral cards to all sympathizers.
President Chavez says he will ask the National Assembly (AN) to prepare decrees to expropriate idle lands inside cities and towns, which could be used to build houses. Speaking in Bolivar State, the President announces that after November 23 Venezuela will embark on a new stage in its development and that changes will be deepened to solve problems that people are still suffering from. The President insists that such a policy will help lower costs of construction because instead of building houses outside of the cities and towns where infrastructure has to be installed, a major problem would be solved if abandoned sites in city areas are taken over.
The lawyer representing the Venezuela in legal proceedings to extradite Cuban terrorist, Luis Posada Carriles, Jose Pertierra argues that President Chavez is completely justified in not attending the Iberian-American summit in El Salvador. The lawyer, who has been working to get the terrorist extradited to Venezuela for the last three years, contends that terrorist groups linked to Posada Carriles in Miami are still operating in Central America. Six weeks ago, Posada Carriles gave a talk in the Club of Miami telling his audience to "sharpen machetes" to continue fighting against Cuba and Communists. Posadas Carriles, Pertierra continues, trained terrorists in El Salvador after escaping prison in Venezuela in 1985.
The jury at the $800,000 briefcase trial in Miami has failed to reach a verdict on whether Franklin Duran acted as an unregistered agent of the Venezuelan government. Duran is also accused of helping the Venezuelan government cover up the fact that money carried to Argentina was destined as funds for Cristina Fernandez' electoral campaign. Duran's lawyer, Edward Shohat has argued that Duran came to the US to help Guido Antonini and to defend mutual business interests. It seems clear from the trial that Antonini and others (Carlos Kauffmann, Moises Maionica and Rodolfo Wanseele Paciello), who all pleaded guilty, were connected to the FBI and set Duran up. Shohat agrees that the jury should continue deliberations rather than calling for a mistrial.
Patrick J. O'Donoghue
patrick.vheadline@gmail.com
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