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LATIN AMERICA
NEWS
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22 November 2010 |
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Hugo
Chavez
Demands
End of
Military
Intervention
in Haiti
CARACAS
-
Venezuelan
President
Hugo
Chavez
on
Sunday
demanded
the
withdrawal
of
foreign
soldiers
from
Haiti,
where a
cholera
epidemic
has
worsened
the
humanitarian
crisis.
"How
long
would
the
military
occupation
continue
in Haiti
behind
the
shield
of the
UN? With
what
moral
authority
can the
Haitian
people
be asked
to cease
their
protests
against
foreign
troops?
Haiti
does not
want to
be
Puerto
Rico, a
yankee
neocolony,
but that
does not
matter
in the
least to
the
United
Nations
or the
Organization
of
American
States,"
Chavez
wrote in
his
Sunday
column,
Las
Lineas
de
Chavez
(Chavez'
Lines).
According
to the
statesman,
the
world
cannot
remain
impassive
in face
of the
Haitian
situation.
That
tragedy
continues
to
strike
hearts,
said
Chavez,
who
lamented
the
death of
over
1,000
people
from
cholera,
in the
nation
devastated
by a
January
earthquake.
The
president
reaffirmed
Caracas'
support
to Haiti
in that
space.
"Venezuela
will
continue
providing
all aid
and
support
necessary
to the
Haitian
people.
We will
also
speak
out to
increase
efforts
in
solidarity
within
UNASUR
and the
Bolivarian
Alliance
for the
Peoples
of Our
America,"
Chavez
stated.
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