November
7, 2004
Venezuelan President
hopes to improve ties with US
(Xinhuanet, reproduced by www.chinaview.cn)
- "Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez
on Saturday expressed his willingness
to improve relations with Washington after
the re-election of George W. Bush.
Chávez, who is in the Dominican
Republic for a visit, described relations
between his country and the United States
as 'difficult'.
'I simply expect the new government of
President Bush to be truly new, at least
in its relations with Latin America, and
Venezuela in particular,' Chávez
told reporters in Santo Domingo, capital
of the Dominican Republic.
Chávez expressed his affection
for the American people and called for
the establishment of relations of mutual
respect (…)".
