Uruguayan President thanks Venezuelan "generosity"

CARACAS, Wednesday April 07, 2010
Uruguayan President thanks Venezuelan "generosity"

The President of Uruguay, José "Pepe" Mujica, who is paying an official visit to Venezuela, thanked Hugo Chávez government's "support" to the Southern country in areas such as energy and trade.

During a meeting held on Monday in Caracas with Uruguayan émigrés in Venezuela, Mujica said that he had never known a government as supportive as the administration headed by his counterpart Hugo Chávez, DPA reported.

The Uruguayan president is paying a visit to the National Pantheon of Venezuela, in Caracas, where he is laying a wreath at the tomb of the national hero Simón Bolívar.

After his visit to the National Pantheon, Mujica is meeting with Chávez in the Miraflores presidential palace. The Uruguayan ruler is to sign several agreements on trade and energy.

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I bet Chavez gave him some money. Every time one of these guys comes by, they walk out with cash, or a promise to send them cheap oil, or they agree to bring foreigners in to do work we Venezuelans can do. It's nauseating.