U.S. Backs Plan for Referendum on Chavez
From Times Wire Reports
The United States, which has clashed politically with leftist Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, strongly backed plans for a national referendum on whether he should stay in office.
“The United States, like other nations in the hemisphere, backs a constitutional solution to the crisis,” spokesman Stephen McFarland at the U.S. Embassy in Caracas told a news conference.
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