His Excellency President-for-Life, Caudillo of the Bolivarians Hugo Chavez told US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton... sometimes described as the Smartest Woman in the World and at other times as Mrs. Bill...
that "rectify is wise"
| It must be a translation error. That statement has no apparent meaning. |
The report was published in Correo del Orinoco, a pro-government newspaper. It said that the president's statements were reported by a "Venezuelan government source, who witnessed the brief and informal conversation that Chavez and Clinton held on Saturday during the inauguration of Dilma Rousseff as president of Brazil," Efe reported.
According to the source, Chavez reiterated to Clinton that he is not planning "to break relations with the United States."
| That's because they're already broken. |
"Chavez is convinced that what Clinton did 'is a good sign,'" the government source added. He said that "everyone thought that Bernardo Alvarez would be expelled from the US, but they only revoked his visa."
"They sent a signal that is not bad," he insisted, as reported by Efe.
The source added that Chavez "believes" that "Republicans" are interested in causing a rift between Venezuela and the United States.
"Republicans have a plan to break relations, but this is not our plan. National interests must be placed above everything else," the unnamed Venezuelan official said.