CARACAS, Sunday November 23, 2008 | Update
Politics
Foreign government officials and observers acknowledged the
virtues of the Venezuelan electoral process and the democratic
participation of its citizens in the regional elections, said
on Sunday Foreign Affairs Minister Nicolás Maduro.
According to a press release issued by the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs, Maduro, after casting his ballot, said that he has
received calls from representatives of other Latin American
countries and from the rest of the world praising the efforts
and achievements made by Venezuela in Sunday's elections,
state-run news ABN reported.
Maduro said that on November 21, 22 and 23 he held several
meetings with international observers and guests. The minister
added that "they are impressed by the Venezuelan electoral
system."
04:17 PM. Western Hemisphere. "Damned empire; I curse you one thousand times; some day you will be finished off and wrecked. I curse you one thousand times, empire." This is the least that President Hugo Chávez has uttered to refer to the US government. In urging the Bolivarian Armed Forces to prepare for war, he said that a US raid on Venezuela through Colombia would trigger and spread over the region "the 100-year war."