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The
Permanent Secretariat of Afro-Asian Peoples Solidarity Organization
expresses its great pleasure in the re-election of His Excellency
Hugo Chavas as the President of Venezuela for the third time in
succession.
With the Bolivian ideology of upholding the dignity of the
Venezuelan people, president Hugo Chavas brought about revolutionary
changes in the social life when he was elected for the first time.
Until his ascendancy to power, the overwhelming majority of the
people in this fifth oil rich country lived in abject poverty and
illiteracy. The poor areas of the country never had access to
medical treatment. President Hugo Chavas changed this and utilised
the oil income to provide free medical aid, elimination of
illiteracy and poverty.
Over 17,000 medical doctors from Cuba were deployed in
remotest part of the country and for the first time the people were
able to get free medical aid. Within three years of his presidency,
illiteracy was eliminated awarding the UNESCO prize. The socially
deprived were empowered which resulted in a short lived coup by the
multinationals supported by the U.S, who wanted to turn the clock
back. The coup could not sustain as the people rallied around the
president and brought him back to power.
In this election president trounced the opposition candidate
by a clear margin of getting 62.57 votes. The opposition candidate
could not get a majority in his own state. The Bolivian revolution
has come to stay along with other Latin American countries who have
voted left candidates.
AAPSO congratulates President Hugo Chavas and greets the
Venezuelan people and wish them all success.
Nouri Abdul Razzak Hussain Dr. Mourad Ghaleb
Secretary General President
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