Venezuela rejects USA's human rights report 2005 as invalid

by Patrick J. O'Donoghue
Mar 10
Venezuela has rejected the US State Department's annual human rights report 2005, regarding Venezuela.

Deputy Foreign Minister for North America, Maripili Hernandez says the report has no validity and is unilateral ... " Venezuela only respects reports from multilateral organs."

The Venezuelan government, Hernandez told a forum at the Bolivarian University, will not bother to issue a diplomatic reply.

"The report is another instance of US interference in Venezuela by a country that is not morally qualified to criticize the Venezuelan government."

Executive Vice President Jose Vicente Rangel has called the report another piece of toilet paper and says Venezuela will not take any lessons from the Washington 'Gang of Four.'

The visits of US Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice and Venezuela President Hugo Chavez Frias to attend the inauguration of the new Chilean President has presented some logistical problems for the Chileans to stop the two from bumping into each other.

Snubbing Chavez Frias once more, Rice has announced that she will meet Bolivian president, Evo Morales.

Rice sums up her government's opposition to Venezuela, stating that governments elected democratically should function democratically.