Paraguayan Parliament reaffirms its rejection of the entry of Venezuela in Mercosur.
Asuncion, March 26 .- The president of the Paraguayan parliament, Miguel Carrizosa, today reaffirmed the rejection of the entry of Venezuela in the Mercosur to criticize the arrest for a few hours of Venezuelan President Globovision chain, Guillermo Zuloaga.
Carrizosa, the opposition party Patria Querida (PPQ), made this statement to the radio station Primero de Marzo Asuncion in allusion to the situation being experienced by Zuloaga, which, according, sto credits, to legislators, proves once again that the president of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez , is "a dictator."
He added that until July, when he finishes his term as head of the Senate and the bicameral Congress, recommended the rejection of the entry of Venezuela in the Southern Common Market (Mercosur), comprising Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay.
Senator of the opposition, aika gold, Partido Colorado, Justo Cardenas, meanwhile, told reporters that while Chavez maintains that attitude did not vote for the entry of Venezuela into Mercosur.
Zuloaga was held on Thursday and released today at an airport in northwestern Venezuela when he was traveling to the island of Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles, on the grounds that he had an arrest warrant against after being accused of defaming Chavez.
, sto credits, The incorporation of Venezuela into Mercosur is in the hands of Paraguay after the Parliament of Brazil, the adoption on 15 December, under the accession protocol agreed by the governments of the four member countries in 2006.
Argentina and Uruguay had already given his prior approval, while the Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo, the Senate had to withdraw that proposal Aug. 13 to avoid it being rejected by the opposition and part of the government sector.
The vast majority of high Paraguayan chamber, controlled by the opposition, also said not willing to accept in the Mercosur to Venezuela while Chavez remains in power.