Reply #4: Foreign Minister: media have not played fair in paramilitaries' coverage [View All]

Foreign Minister Jesus Arnaldo Perez says Venezuelan private print & broadcast media have not been playing fair in their reporting of the Colombian paramilitaries' fiasco.

"They have sought any expression to damage and disqualify actions taken by the Government, which has been attempting by all means necessary to avoid a spillover of violence in Colombia, abort macabre plans to destabilize President Chavez Frias' government and to prevent assassination against the Head of State constitutionally elected by the majority of Venezuelans."

Perez states that the arrest of paramilitaries in the eastern part of Caracas is unquestionably serious ... "the group came to commit terrorist acts and sow death and chaos."

Minister Perez says the domestic press downplayed coverage of Colombian Foreign Minister Carolina Barco's visit and he spoke to Radio Caracol (Colombia) about the importance of the visit and both countries' political will to defuse the situation and adopt diplomatic dialog.

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