CARACAS, Monday November 24, 2008 | Update
Politics
José Miguel Insulza, Secretary General of the Organization
of American States (OAS), on Monday underlined the "peaceful,
exemplary" display during local election in Venezuela and
said that this behaviour reflects a "maturity that strengthens
democratic institutions."
In a press communiqué, Insulza congratulated the Venezuelan
Government and people for the climate of "normalcy," under
which the local election took place, and emphasized the massive
turnout of people who when to cast their votes "in peace and
calm," reported Efe.
The OAS Secretary General praised the willingness shown by
both Government and political opposition to seek dialogue
and cooperation for solving the country's problems.
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."