Bush says Chávez deserves "world-wide attention”
WASHINGTON
President George W. Bush considers that the case of Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez is a challenge that "deserves world-wide attention" because with his demagogic policies is undermining regional stability, according to a White House report released last Thursday.
"In Venezuela, a demagogue full of petroleum money is undermining democracy and trying to destabilize the region", affirms Bush in his Strategy for National Security 2006, a document that updates the one emitted in 2002 after terrorist attacks in New York and Washington.
The 49 pages report, in which Bush summarizes his plans for the protection of the United States and indicates directives for foreign policy, anchors his commentary without details in a paragraph on the "numerous pending regional challenges that demand world-wide attention".
It mentions among others, the situations in Colombia "where a democratic ally is fighting the persistent attacks of Marxist terrorists and narcotics traffickers", and Cuba "where an anti-American dictator continues oppressing his people and tries to subvert regional freedom".
Along with Venezuela, Cuba and Colombia, in the same category appear the cases of Darfur, where there are victims of genocide by military services supported by the Sudanese government; Uganda with a rebellious - barbaric cult that exploits a regional conflict; Ethiopia and Eritrea, that are on the verge of an open war due to border disputes; and Nepal, where Maoist insurgents continue terrifying the civil population while government does away with democratic practices.
This has been the second reference to Venezuela as far as defense goes in the course of the week. Tuesday, the head of the Southern Command of the American army, General Bantz J. Craddock, said before a Senate panel that the Chávez’ government has become a " force that threatens stability" in region.
President George W. Bush considers that the case of Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez is a challenge that "deserves world-wide attention" because with his demagogic policies is undermining regional stability, according to a White House report released last Thursday.
"In Venezuela, a demagogue full of petroleum money is undermining democracy and trying to destabilize the region", affirms Bush in his Strategy for National Security 2006, a document that updates the one emitted in 2002 after terrorist attacks in New York and Washington.
The 49 pages report, in which Bush summarizes his plans for the protection of the United States and indicates directives for foreign policy, anchors his commentary without details in a paragraph on the "numerous pending regional challenges that demand world-wide attention".
It mentions among others, the situations in Colombia "where a democratic ally is fighting the persistent attacks of Marxist terrorists and narcotics traffickers", and Cuba "where an anti-American dictator continues oppressing his people and tries to subvert regional freedom".
Along with Venezuela, Cuba and Colombia, in the same category appear the cases of Darfur, where there are victims of genocide by military services supported by the Sudanese government; Uganda with a rebellious - barbaric cult that exploits a regional conflict; Ethiopia and Eritrea, that are on the verge of an open war due to border disputes; and Nepal, where Maoist insurgents continue terrifying the civil population while government does away with democratic practices.
This has been the second reference to Venezuela as far as defense goes in the course of the week. Tuesday, the head of the Southern Command of the American army, General Bantz J. Craddock, said before a Senate panel that the Chávez’ government has become a " force that threatens stability" in region.
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Saturday, March 18, 2006
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