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.
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.