Open Letter to John Kerry from Venezuela's Bolivarian Circles -- USA

[HuckleB]

Open Letter to John Kerry from Venezuela's Bolivarian Circles -- USA

http://www.vheadline.com/readnews.asp?id=21602

"The US citizen members and supporters of the International Bolivarian Circles of the US would like to openly express our support for your candidacy, and assure you that we will go to the polls this November to welcome you into the Whitehouse. As you stated so clearly in your May 27, 2004 statement on Venezuela “< the Bush administration’s > tacit support for the ill-conceived April 2002 military coup against Chavez” determined this long ago.

Our members will be voting for John Kerry. Those who have been following your statements on Venezuela may find this odd considering that you have made some pretty harsh accusations against President Chavez. Those who have read your May 27 statement may even find our support shocking given that you claimed “ has undermined the constitution and used his Bolivarian Circles to repress peaceful dissent….” While we refute this statement, we understand that you have been ill informed about what is going on in Venezuela today, what the constitution includes, and what the Bolivarian Circles are and do.
...

Regarding your May 27 mention of the Bolivarian Circles, it appears that your campaign advisors are getting their information only from the opposition run press. We invite you to an open dialogue with us. We welcome you to visit individual Circle websites and to read the Circle’s official literature found at www.circulosbolivarianos.org. For your convenience we have attached here an English summary of what the Circles are and do taken directly from this literature followed by a list of links that you may want to pass on to your Presidential advisors at your discretion.

In closing, let us share with you Mr. Kerry that both President Chavez and the Bolivarian people of Venezuela have a profound respect for the people of the United States. For the past century Venezuela has supplied oil to the USA, and will continue to do so into this century. The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and the government of President Chavez deeply respect the democratic process and the autonomy and sovereignty of nations world-wide and, honestly, expect the same respect in return."

----------

[AP]

1. Some of the anti-Kerry DU'ers could a learn a lesson from this.

If VZ-American Bolivarians can support Kerry enthusiastically, we all should.

[JNelson6563]

2. Let us hope Kerry learns from it

It's a gift certificate to the clue store. I'd redeem it for a helping of stop-listening-to-Pravda-type-media if I were Kerry. Let's hope he does.

Julie

[Tim_in_HK]

3. Oh, dear god. . .

Bolivarian Circles in the US? No thanks.

[HuckleB]

4. Please explain.

I'm no fan of Chavez. I've gotten reamed from a number of posters here for voicing my displeasure with his actions. However, I do wonder what your problem is with free expression in this country? And what exactly is your problem with Chavez and his followers, wherever they may be.