CARACAS, Wednesday August 09, 2006 | Update
NGO Súmate director María Corina Machado informed
that the primary elections aimed at selecting a single challenger
of Hugo Chávez in next presidential elections will not
be held, since the candidates registered for these polls decided
to give up and back Manuel Rosales as the single opposition
candidate.
Machado said that the primaries initiative accomplished its
goal and that Súmate would continue working to ensure
clean elections and respect for citizens' rights.
She thanked all the people who participated in the organization
of primaries, including pre-candidates and volunteers.
04:20 PM. Western Hemisphere. Colombian President Álvaro Uribe said on Tuesday that governments should ensure citizens' rights to live on the border, in reference to a political and diplomatic crisis with Venezuela and its effects on border residents.