Chavez uses war threats to conceal Venezuela's domestic problems, prelate charges

November 11, 2009

By threatening war with Colombia and with the United States, Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez is trying to distract attention from the domestic crisis in his own country, charged Archbishop Balthazar Porras of Merida. The archbishop pointed to “deteriorating roadways, unjustified rationing of electricity, and worst of all, the problems of insecurity and violent deaths.”

Archbishop Porras disclosed that the bishops of Venezuela will meet later this month with their colleagues from neighboring Colombia and Ecuador to discuss the political troubles of their region.

 

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Further information:

• Archbishop says Chavez’s war threats an attempt to cover up crisis in Venezuela (CNA)