The governments of Peru and El Salvador praised the Venezuelan democratic process after the victory of president Hugo Chávez in the recall referendum on his mandate.

"I reiterate our deep satisfaction for the democratic behavior of the Venezuelan people," Manuel Rodríguez, Peruvian Foreign Affair Minister, said in a press conference held during an official visit to Central America, news agency AP reported.

Together with his Salvadorian counterpart Francisco Laínez, Rodríguez said that the respect for other countries internal affairs bars them from declaring "specifically on the triumph of a political force in the recall."

However, he said that the "process for the consolidation of democracy in Venezuela is of interest for the whole region since democracy is among the goods highly and multilaterally defended in the Americas."