CARACAS, Monday June 29, 2009 | Update
Politics
Caracas Metropolitan Mayor Antonio Ledezma described as positive his tour of several US towns and the Organization of American States (OAS) and stressed that his goal was to advocate democracy in Venezuela.
Additionally, Ledezma said that during his meeting with the Secretary General of the United Nations he pointed to "the ongoing disregard of the current Constitution," which –according to him- must be protected in Venezuela and any other democratic country in the world.
"If we let the rule of law be disregarded, peace and democratic stability are endangered," the Mayor said.
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."