EL UNIVERSAL
CARACAS, Wednesday December 05, 2007 | Update
Defense Minister: The Military High Command did not put pressure on Chávez
Defense Minister Army General in Chief Gustavo Rangel Briceño
Wednesday denied claims that some members of the Military
High Command met with President Hugo Chávez late Sunday
and asked him to reflect and accept the results of a referendum
on his proposed changes to the Constitution, which were rejected
by 50.7 percent of voters.
Rangel Briceño Wednesday congratulated the Venezuelans
for their behavior last December 2 and reaffirmed his support
and loyalty to President Chávez.
"We are quite certain that this has been one of the cleanest
electoral processes ever (in Venezuela), and one of the electoral
processes where the Armed Force has played its role in an
exceptional way."
During his press conference, in Miraflores presidential palace,
Rangel Briceño was accompanied by the Military High Command.
President Chávez joined them too.
On the Cover
IISS: The FARC financed Chávez before 1999
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.
- Read
EL UNIVERSAL
Cómo anunciar | Suscripciones | Contáctenos | Política de privacidad
Términos legales | Condiciones de uso | Mapa del Sitio | Ayuda
El Universal - Todos los derechos reservados 2009
