Politics
Venezuela's Foreign Minister Nicolás Maduro referred to the statements made by the chief of the US Southern Command and said that United States knows that the Venezuelan government "has no ties with the rebel groups such as FARC and ETA."

He said that US authorities act like "schizophrenic" because "the chief of the US Southern Command acknowledges that there is no evidence to link the Venezuelan government with rebel groups, but the US Secretary of State everyday attacks the administration of President Hugo Chávez."

"Who gave the imperialism the right to monitor the internal life of societies in different countries of the world? This is part of an imperial and colonialist law of the past. They have one goal: to try to destroy a revolutionary and independent process. We promote transparent and peaceful relations with world governments," Maduro said.

Alicia De La Rosa
EL UNIVERSAL