Hugo Chávez Criticizes Europe & the U.S. for Bombing Trípoli

Published in Correio Brazilianse
(Brazil) on 22 August 2011
by France Presse (link to originallink to original)
Translated from by Deonca Williams. Edited by Gillian Palmer.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez, during a speech delivered this Sunday at a Mass in the Presidential Palace in Caracas, condemned the governments of Europe and the United States for “demolishing Trípoli with their bombs.”

Chávez, ally of the Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, declared: “Today (Sunday), we are seeing images of how the democratic governments of some of Europe’s nation and the supposedly democratic government of the United States are demolishing Trípoli with their bombs just because they can.”

“The bombs are being dropped in the most shameless and open ways over schools, hospitals, homes, places of work, farms. We all should pray for the Libyan people,” added the Venezuelan representative.

Chávez, who since the beginning of February’s revolution in Libya has manifested his support for Gadhafi’s regime, affirmed that the foreign powers are conducting a massacre there under the pretext of saving lives.

“We see the shamelessness, and the cynicism. It’s an excuse to interfere with and take the riches from a country,” insisted Chávez, referring to the African nation’s petroleum reserves.

Venezuela and Libya are members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC).

This Sunday night, the Libyan rebels entered the center of Trípoli in the midst of commemorations and after having launched an offensive to overthrow Gadhafi’s bastion, which tried to resist. According to the regime, a rebel offensive left 1,300 dead in 24 hours, although this amount has not yet been confirmed.


Hugo Chávez critica Europa e EUA por bombardeios a Trípoli

Caracas - O presidente venezuelano, Hugo Chávez, criticou neste domingo os governos da Europa e dos Estados Unidos que "estão demolindo Trípoli com suas bombas", em um discurso proferido durante uma missa no palácio presidencial de Caracas.

"Hoje (domingo) estávamos vendo imagens de como os governos democráticos da Europa, nem todos, e o governo supostamente democrata e democrático dos Estados Unidos estão demolindo Trípoli com suas bombas, porque estão com vontade", declarou Chávez, aliado do líder líbio Muamar Kadhafi.

As bombas "estão caindo de maneira descarada e aberta sobre escolas, hospitais, casas, centros de trabalho, campos agrícolas. Peçamos a Deus pelo povo líbio", acrescentou o mandatário venezuelano.

Chávez, que desde o início das revoltas na Líbia, em fevereiro, tem manifestado seu apoio ao regime de Kadhafi, afirmou que as forças estrangeiras "estão realizando um massacre lá" com o pretexto de salvar vidas.

"Observem o descaramento, o cinismo. É o pretexto para interferir e tomar um país e suas riquezas", insistiu Chávez, referindo-se às reservas de petróleo deo país africano.

Venezuela e Líbia são sócios na Organização de Países Exportadores de Petróleo (Opep).

Os rebeldes líbios entraram neste domingo à noite no centro de Trípoli em meio a comemorações depois de terem lançado uma ofensiva para derrubar este bastião de Kadhafi, que prometeu resistir. Segundo o regime, a ofensiva rebelde deixou 1.300 mortos em 24 horas, número ainda não confirmado.
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