CARACAS, Monday November 21, 2005 | Update
Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez labeled as "extraordinary"
the visit of his Argentinean counterpart Néstor Kirchner,
who arrived in Venezuela to execute a number of economic and
energy agreements.
"President Kirchner's visit is extraordinary and we have
cashed in on it to energize turbine No. 11 of this Caruachi
great project," Chávez declared on leaving the powerhouse.
10:07 AM. DIPLOMACY. Admired by the Colombian guerrilla after his coup attempt in 1992, the then lieutenant colonel Hugo Chávez Frías received financial support by the Colombian Revolutionary Armed Forces (FARC) for his projects after his capture that year. This mostly explains the relationship and "debt" between the parties, as revealed by a paper of the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) of the United Kingdom.