Venezuela's Political Disaster - August 25, 2006

Dear Journalists,

Chavez is using what ever amount of resources to buy his way into the United Nations Security Council including trips around the world as indicated in the next links:

http://english.eluniversal.com/

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/americas/08/25/chavez.china.ap/index.html

Attached herewith please find link to article written by Yamileth Angarita B. explaining Chavez's strategy to win the seat:

http://elobservador.rctv.net/Reportajes/VerReportaje.aspx?ReportajeId=315

While Chavez is traveling the world in full luxury, Venezuelans have been suffering severe foreign exchange controls imposed by Chavez's administration for the last several years.

In the meantime, there is an scandal in Caracas after human rights abuses and other acts against democracy by one of Chavez's Mayors as indicated in the attached links:

http://www.vcrisis.com/index.php?content=letters/200608230950
http://www.vcrisis.com/index.php?content=letters/200608251150

And an diplomatic pouch incident against the United States Embassy in Caracas:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/25/AR2006082500950.html

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/25/AR2006082500026.html


Cordially,

Maru Angarita
My blog is: http://maruangarita.blogspot.com/
Resources:
http://www.vcrisis.com/?content=letters/200412011525
http://www.vcrisis.com/?content=letters/200411070848
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/sitroom.html
http://switch5.castup.net/frames/20041020_MemriTV_Popup/video_480x360.asp?ai=214&ar=1213wmv&ak=null