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Clashes between Spanish and Venezuelan officials Tuesday 19 Aznar hails Calderón, criticizes Venezuela and
Cuba "Good ideas bring about Felipe Calderón, bad ideas bring
about Hugo Chávez," Aznar said in Mexico City when introducing
his book "Latin America, an agenda of freedom," during a dinner
attended by conservative ruling party PAN leaders. Wednesday 20 Garzón: "Unrestrained leader's will result in
human rights-free zones" The statements came during his keynote speech at the closing ceremony of the International Congress of the Venezuelan Confederation of Industries (Conindustria), called "Business and Labor Freedoms and Human Rights." The controversial justice -widely known by his firm rulings in and outside Spain regarding drugs, terrorism, and human rights- also urged Venezuela to come together in an organized way, to "overcome apathy," and to forget the idea that "that is not my business." According to Garzón, "unrestrained leader's will results in human rights-free zones." Justices "are not mere gauges of regulations or servile acolytes of the governing political power." Chávez "marks distance" from Spain over RCTV
case In an interview with Efe, Chávez claimed that Venezuela-European Union relations "should be better," adding that "there is quite a lot of lack of understanding, many complexes" on the European side. Chávez pointed to Moratinos' remarks on the government's refusal to renew the broadcast license for RCTV, which ceased operations last May 27. Last week, Moratinos reasserted the Spanish government's "concern" about the move on RCTV. Moratinos' comments came in response to a question posed by a deputy of conservative People's Party in Congress. Basque Parliament to discuss resolution on RCTV case In a news release, PP said secretary-general of Basque PP Carmelo Barrio, in his motion is reminding that the European Parliament agreed that Chávez' decision is "depriving a part of the audience from access to plural information." PP is also warning that "the attitude of Chávez' government openly violates freedom of expression." Moratinos: Spain keeps in touch with Spaniards hit
by land occupations During a session at the Spanish Senate, Moratinos replied to conservative People's Party (PP) senator Dionisio García Carnero, who criticized the Spanish government's "ineffectiveness" to advocate the rights of Spaniards residing in Venezuela, Efe reported. Aznar: Chávez seeks alliance with radical Islamism Aznar's comments came late Tuesday in Mexico, AFP reported. "Populism is spreading at an alarming pace over several countries in the Americas. There is no hope in these faked alternatives, as they will not free anyone, they will not improve the conditions of anyone," he added. High court brands Judge Garzón "mercenary" She thinks that the Spanish judge is a mercenary meddling in Venezuelan internal affairs, and has overstepped the mark. VP Rodríguez labels Judge Garzón as hired
clown The senior official replied this way to Garzón's warning against the fact that freedom of expression in Venezuela was at stake. According to Rodríguez, Garzón came to Venezuela
"for a price and a fee" paid by the oligarchy. He claimed
that the judge tried to teach lessons on democracy but closed
in 1988 a daily newspaper in the Basque country "only for
being leftwing," DPA quoted. Thursday 21 Pro-Chávez businesspeople declare Garzón
persona non grata In a press released published by the official news agency ABN, Empreven claimed that Garzón came to Venezuela "to spread destructive opinions that are contrary to the Venezuelan people's posture." Friday 22 Basque Parliament refuses condemning Chávez'
stance on RCTV Rather, the Parliament endorsed a resolution reasserting its "unequivocal stance to advocate freedom of opinion and expression," Efe reported. The resolution urged countries to give "legal equal treatment to all news media, both state-run and private, regardless of any political, ideological or linguistic consideration." |
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