President Chávez announced the payment of debt to the World Bank
By: Telesur - www.telesurtv.net
During the ceremony commemorating the fifth anniversary of the civil-military response that defeated the coup in Venezuela in April 2002, which interrupted for 47 hours the mandate of Venezuelan President Chavez announced on Thursday his country paid The last installment of the debt with the World Bank.
President of Venezuela, Hugo Chávez, Venezuela said Friday it has canceled the debt it owed to the World Bank.
"Yesterday (Thursday) we paid the last installment of the debt (...) with the World Bank," said the Venezuelan president during a ceremony held in the vicinity of the Palacio de Miraflores, in the heart of Caracas, to commemorate the April 13, 2002, when a "civic-military rebellion" restore constitutional order in Venezuela, following a coup that ousted him from power for 47 hours.
"With this latest payment (World Bank), that debt in 1998 was almost 3 billion dollars, I can say today that we have not a penny of debt or the International Monetary Fund or the World Bank "he exclaimed.
The Venezuelan leader said he was "happy" to cancel this commitment recalling that Venezuela helped the "sister Republic of Argentina" to pay its debt to the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
"I am very pleased that Venezuela has helped Argentina, International Monetary Fund released. Argentina already owes nothing to the IMF, among other things, with support from Venezuela, "he said.
" We've made it to Venezuela, a country in debt and we were tied, (...) a modest but important financial center country and supporting other countries and other people, "he added.
This Friday, April 13, Caracas was the scene of popular and military led by President Hugo Chávez, to celebrate the fifth anniversary of the military civic response" crushed "coup April 2002, interrupted for 47 hours the mandate of the Venezuelan president.
The commemoration was held under the slogan "Everything 11 has its 13 ", to remember that the coup of April 11, 2002 had the answer on the 13th of the month, when loyalist forces and thousands of followers of the revolutionary process that exists in Venezuela dropped from the crowded neighborhoods of Caracas and led the triumphant return of the president.
The event, held near the Miraflores palace, began with the singing of the national anthem of Venezuela and have a massive attendance.
The Venezuelan leader began speech remembering the victims of the coup occurred between 11 and 13 April 2005, calling them "martyrs". A "five years of civilian and military rebellion" that defeated the coup, Chavez said that "never before in 100 centuries, in any part of this planet something had happened," he said, referring to the response of Venezuelans gave the coup to return to the Venezuelan leader to power.
Continued construction of the PSUV
Chavez made reference again to the formation of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) and asked the crowd that accompanied it, a cheer for those members of the different formal political parties who accepted his invitation to join the new political grouping.
called back to the parties that support him to join the PSUV party unity.
announced that starting next April 29 the "records" to join the PSUV, and said he also enrolled in the new organization, noting that the conformation of the party together "is one of the great needs is our revolution, "he said.
"Let's build it (the PSUV), from the grassroots" invited. "I'm going to register (...) to express the will of being a member of that party, which has not yet been formed, I am going to register and sign to join directly to the process of building the party from the grassroots, "he said.
" Then come the elections, which will of course observed and regulated by the National Electoral Council (CNE) and there (...) (...) we must lead by example stressed, recalling that the PSUV "each of us is but one more actor on an equal footing, to build a real party of battle, "he said.
Rejects U.S. imperialism
again rejected President Chavez U.S. imperialism and insisted that the coup that ousted him for 47 hours, was organized and financed by the government of President George W. Bush.
assured that President Bush is an "illegitimate", saying that Bush did not win the 2000 elections, but that "he stole."
"The president of the United States won the 2000 election, he stole the election was a fraud (...) (...) it is shown, only that there was an agreement of the elites Americans and put there by a decision of some judges purchased " said.
The Venezuelan head of state stressed that "Venezuela will never kneel before the U.S. empire.
" The coup of April 11, 2002 was as head coup by businessman Pedro Carmona, currently refugees in Colombia, and had the support of senior military, business, the hierarchy of the Catholic Church, private media, upper and middle classes, and opposition parties and trade unions.
The Venezuelan government claims that the coup was "organized, financed and directed" by Washington, and has presented various tests for support this assertion.
Courtesy: Dignity National Democratic Movement.
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