The International Press Institute (IPI) requested the Venezuelan
authorities to "cease its threats against the press, to annul the
charges against journalists who speak freely and to abolish laws that contribute to preventing free speech." For the
Institute, "independent media, and those who generally favor the
opposition have long been subjected to extremes of the administration of
President Hugo Chavez, which increased in 2009. In the resolution adopted after
the 58th general Asaemblea in Helsinki, the Institute calls on
Venezuela to respect the principles of freedom of expression, as
contained in Article 10 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
The IPI condemns "the now very frequent harassment" against the chain
Globovisión and its employees, "the last independent broadcaster in the
country."
Officers and soldiers of the Venezuelan army will now have to
report any offensive message, criticism or negative comparison against the
government of President Hugo Chávez circulating among comrades,
according to a recent communiqué. The measure is generating unprecedented fear and rejection in the
military sector, and violates important Venezuelan laws, say experts
and analysts. In an order dated May 12, General José Fuentes
Cristobal Torres, director of Army Intelligence, ordered all military
personnel to "report immediately to their superiors or''intelligence
officers on all types of messages that challenge to Chávez.
Former Bolivian President Jorge Quiroga (2001-2002) today blamed the violent conflict in Peru on Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez's strategy to "destabilize" the South American region. In a press conference in his other role as head of the conservative opposition alliance Democratic and Social Power (PODEMOS), Quiroga lamented that the government of Evo Morales prioritized his relationship with the "Caribbean tyrant" rather than maintain the brotherhood with the Peruvian people, which in turn impairs the Bolivian maritime claim. "It is regrettable this convulsion generated by Hugo Chávez, the Caribbean tyrant, to destabilize countries which he is not in charge of. We can not allow the Morales' submission to Chavez to be above or damage the historic brotherhood with Peru and affect the maritime claim," he said.
The deputy to the National Assembly (AN), Mario Isea denounced the sections of the opposition that organized a plan for a coup with the participation of one of its sponsors, retired Admiral Huizi Clavier. "There are plans to destroy the constitutional government of President Hugo Chávez, at the hands of an opposition which has a non-democratic agenda," he said Tuesday in a press conference. He made refence to and projected a conversation between the admiral Huizi Clavier and a character who has been named Edgar, whom he accused of planning to destabilize the government. "In that conversation, they raise a call for political opposition, suggesting that Democratic Action should be incorporated, said to gather around Antonio Ledezma," he said.
Minister of Energy and Petroleum Rafael Ramirez gave details of the management report and financial results for Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) in 2008, confirming their view on the "ascertainable soundness" of the principal industry. He noted that the uncertainty over oil prices - which recovered last week reaching $ 61.30 - to pay off the debt that has dragged on since July 2008 with suppliers and contractors. Regarding the status of expropriated PDVSA contractors through the application of the State Goods and Services Related to Primary Hudrocarbons Activity Act, he said that in the coming months the 76 affected companies will be paid, and anticipated that the process will continue in the areas of gas and water compression. Ramirez detailed the strengths of the "new PDVSA": he said thta it has 78,739 employees, compared to the 45,683 employees in 2002 when the policy was to outsource.
The Mininster of the Interior and Justice asked for a pardon for the bishops Ubaldo Santana and Jorge Urosa from of for having assured Pope Benedict XVI that "democratic coexistence" in the country is at risk. For Minister Tarek El Aisammi, the Venezuelan Episcopal Conference has become a political party that has assumed "sad positions" in the Venezuelan political process. After the Venezuelan bishops sustained a Monday meeting with Pope Benedict XVI, to whom he blamed the increasing political polarization of the country, the minister accused them of preaching hate to Venezuelans.
Former Bolivian President Jorge Quiroga (2001-2002) today blamed the violent conflict in Peru on Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez's strategy to "destabilize" the South American region. In a press conference in his other role as head of the conservative opposition alliance Democratic and Social Power (PODEMOS), Quiroga lamented that the government of Evo Morales prioritized his relationship with the "Caribbean tyrant" rather than maintain the brotherhood with the Peruvian people, which in turn impairs the Bolivian maritime claim. "It is regrettable this convulsion generated by Hugo Chávez, the Caribbean tyrant, to destabilize countries which he is not in charge of. We can not allow the Morales' submission to Chavez to be above or damage the historic brotherhood with Peru and affect the maritime claim," he said.
The deputy to the National Assembly (AN), Mario Isea denounced the sections of the opposition that organized a plan for a coup with the participation of one of its sponsors, retired Admiral Huizi Clavier. "There are plans to destroy the constitutional government of President Hugo Chávez, at the hands of an opposition which has a non-democratic agenda," he said Tuesday in a press conference. He made refence to and projected a conversation between the admiral Huizi Clavier and a character who has been named Edgar, whom he accused of planning to destabilize the government. "In that conversation, they raise a call for political opposition, suggesting that Democratic Action should be incorporated, said to gather around Antonio Ledezma," he said.
Minister of Energy and Petroleum Rafael Ramirez gave details of the management report and financial results for Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) in 2008, confirming their view on the "ascertainable soundness" of the principal industry. He noted that the uncertainty over oil prices - which recovered last week reaching $ 61.30 - to pay off the debt that has dragged on since July 2008 with suppliers and contractors. Regarding the status of expropriated PDVSA contractors through the application of the State Goods and Services Related to Primary Hudrocarbons Activity Act, he said that in the coming months the 76 affected companies will be paid, and anticipated that the process will continue in the areas of gas and water compression. Ramirez detailed the strengths of the "new PDVSA": he said thta it has 78,739 employees, compared to the 45,683 employees in 2002 when the policy was to outsource.
The Mininster of the Interior and Justice asked for a pardon for the bishops Ubaldo Santana and Jorge Urosa from of for having assured Pope Benedict XVI that "democratic coexistence" in the country is at risk. For Minister Tarek El Aisammi, the Venezuelan Episcopal Conference has become a political party that has assumed "sad positions" in the Venezuelan political process. After the Venezuelan bishops sustained a Monday meeting with Pope Benedict XVI, to whom he blamed the increasing political polarization of the country, the minister accused them of preaching hate to Venezuelans.
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