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Peruvian Congress' Speaker denounces Chávez's meddling

World Javier Velázquez Quesquén, the president of the Peruvian Congress and member of the Aprista Party, denounced in Chile the interference of Venezuela's President Hugo Chávez, who through some political operators would be undermining democracy in his country.

In an interview with Chilean newspaper El Mercurio, Velásquez said that the Chávez's movement "has some political operators in my country who are undermining democracy through disguised movements, such as the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA) houses, which are interfering in the political arena."

Asked about the support that the Union of South American Nations (Unasur) recently gave to Presidente Evo Morales, the congressman said that Peru is in favor of self-determination of peoples. Without mentioning the Venezuelan leader, he said, in reference to Bolivia:  "we reject that third countries purport to appear as saviors or meddling in the internal affairs of other countries," AFP reported.


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Worsening chronic poverty in Venezuelan households

11:00 AM. Economy. Based on the official data, more and more families failed to get out of poverty in 2008; the exclusion status of more people moved faster and fewer people are on their way to overcome this situation. According to the data provided by the official National Statistics Institute (INE), last year the poorest homes in the country recorded an average monthly income of USD 401.82, whereas the food basket amounted to 417.77

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