September 27, 2005
Hostility against Venezuela makes the region unstable

(El Nacional) - "When referring to US policy towards Venezuela, Vice President of the Chilean Senate, Jaime Gazmuri, said 'any attempt of hostility against Venezuela will make the South American region unstable'.

Gazmuri stated this after meeting with Vice President José Vicente Rangel.

The legislator, who is a member of the Chilean Socialist Party and is a speaker in the gobernability forum taking place in Venezuela, also said 'we understand there have been very deep political and social transformations in the past few years. There is an undoubted leader in President Chávez and it is our opinion that all changes in Venezuela have taken place under a constitutional regime' (...)".