Maduro criticizes foreign involvement in Venezuelan issues

www.vheadline.com Posted: Friday, March 07, 2003 By: Robert Rudnicki

Movimiento Quinta Republica (MVR) deputy Nicolas Maduro has criticized certain "foreign players" for their involvement in Venezuelan political issues. 

This follows a proposal made by Lincoln Diaz Balart, Republican representative for South Florida, to US Secretary of State Colin Powell to apply the Organization of American States (OAS) democratic charter to Venezuela's crisis. 

• This type of involvement, according to Maduro, signals the increased "Miamization" of certain sectors of the opposition that are funded and politically advised from Miami.

"This section of the opposition has failed poorly in its attempts to destroy and oust President Hugo Chavez Frias, and now they are looking to internationally to discredit" the government and the country.