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Caracas, February 28,
2009 – President Hugo Chavez says that he was totally indifferent about
meeting US President Barack Obama at a Summit of the Americas in
Trinidad and Tobago.
"The reason I'm attending the summit is not that Obama's there. I
couldn't care less if he is there or not, if we see each other or not,"
Chavez told reporters at a public event in Caracas.
Chavez said he would go to the upcoming summit to "defend the
integration of the Caribbean and Latin America and demand that the
empire Obama leads lift its blockade of Cuba, abide by UN resolutions
and condemn Israel."
It is still unclear if the American president will attend the Latin
American summit.
Chavez also repudiated Friday's US State Department report critical of
Venezuela's human rights record, and said Obama and his Secretary of
State Hillary Clinton "should acknowledge" human rights violations in
their own country and put a stop to them.
"I don't care what Obama or his secretary of state has to say. Away with
them and their cynicism."
Source: Press TV
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