Venezuelan Lawmakers in U.S. Visit to Discuss Recall Referenda Fraud and S

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Venezuelan Lawmakers in U.S. Visit to Discuss Recall Referenda Fraud and Sovereignty Issues

Tuesday, Feb 24, 2004 Print format
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By: Martín Sánchez - Venezuelanalysis.com

Washington DC. Feb 24 (Venezuelanalysis.com).- A delegation of Venezuelan lawmakers is currently visiting the U.S. for a series of high-level meetings with U.S. government officials, Non Governmental Organizations and with the media, to explain their views on the current process of the recall referendum currently underway in Venezuela against several lawmakers and President Hugo Chávez.
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"We are asking that the Venezuelan political process be seen from an objective point of view. We came here to tell the truth, and to show what is not being reflected in the mass media, and which is going to help understand the reality of the process and the efforts that Venezuela is making to consolidate its democracy," said Contreras to the NGOs congregated at the Embassy of Venezuela in Washington DC.

According to Deputy Nicolas Maduro, for the delegation it is important to improve Venezuela's relations with the U.S. without letting Venezuela's democracy be undermined, as well as to continue the struggle in defense of sovereignty and against the tendencies of some sectors of the Bush administration to intervene in the internal affairs of Venezuela.
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Apart from discussing the ongoing attempts by the Venezuelan opposition to recall President Chavez, they will also discuss new evidence and allegations of efforts by sectors of the Bush administration to oust President Chavez, as well as evidence of U.S. involvement in the 2002 coup d’etat against Chávez.
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