Politics
Venezuela's Foreign Minister Nicolás Maduro reiterated the refusal of the Venezuelan government to the observations made by the United States over the situation of human rights in Venezuela. Maduro said again that in Venezuela there is democracy and freedom of expression.

"The US must stop these imperial practices that must be repudiated by all. They are permanently attacking and seriously affecting the possibilities to establish ties between the elite ruling the United States and sovereign governments throughout the hemisphere, particularly the sovereign government of President Hugo Chávez," said Venezuela's Foreign Minister.

Maduro noted that President Chávez, as well as the Latin American leaders, "have been crystal clear in their call to the US government and its various levels of bureaucracy to halt these imperial practices."

Ocarina Espinoza
EL UNIVERSAL