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U.S. begins dirty war on Venezuela
in the UN
CARACAS — Venezuelan President
Hugo Chávez said on October 15 that the United
States “has activated a whole dirty war operation”
against his country to prevent it from obtaining a
non-permanent seat on the United Nations Security
council in the vote scheduled for today, October 16.
“Right at this moment, the United
States has activated a full-blown dirty war
operation against Venezuela. (French Ambassador)
Arias Cárdenas told me that the combat has already
become a hand-to-hand one,” Chávez said during a
speech to inaugurate a railway line outside of
Caracas.
“The U.S. delegates are going
through the hallways (of the UN headquarters). If
Arias speaks with one ambassador, another five from
the United States come right on top of him,” Chávez
exclaimed.
Venezuela is disputing with
Guatemala for a non-permanent seat on the Security
Council, and today the General Assembly will vote to
decide who occupies that seat. To win that place,
the country must receive 128 votes in favor,
equivalent to two-thirds of General Assembly
members.
To date, Venezuela has the votes
of members of MERCOSUR, the Caribbean Community, the
Arab League, the African Union, China and Russia. (AFP)
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