Posted on 08/26/2005 3:30:18 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
CARACAS (AFP) - US civil rights activist Jesse Jackson will reportedly begin a three-day visit to Venezuela on Saturday, to meet President Hugo Chavez, politicians and community leaders.
Jackson and his delegation will meet Chavez, Venezuelan religious leaders and will attend a special session of Venezuela's National Assembly convened Sunday.
Jackson will also meet leaders of African-descended communities in Caracas, the ABN state news agency said.
On Monday, Jackson travels to Barlovento, 40 kilometers (25 miles) northeast of Caracas, to meet with members of the African-Venezuelan community.
Jackson's visit comes just days after conservative US preacher Pat Robertson said on his television show, "The 700 Club," that Chavez should be killed.
"I don't know about this doctrine of assassination, but if he thinks we're trying to assassinate him, I think that we really ought to go ahead and do it," he said on Monday.
Robertson apologized Wednesday for the comments.
Chavez, a twice-elected leftist and close ally of Cuban President Fidel Castro, has often said Washington would like to assassinate him, and accuses the Bush administration of involvement in a coup d'etat that toppled him for 47 hours in April 2002.
Jackson's visit coincides with the arrival of Organization of American States secretary general Jose Miguel Insulza, as well as representatives and ministers of the OAS, who will take part in negotiations August 28-29 to draft an OAS Social Charter.
don't these idiots have to get some type of government clearance ? Jackson and that California Idiot who is meeting with V.Fox to apologize for Arnold and State. Too bad they can't have a loon conventions and have the earth swallow them a-holes. J Jackson has been out of the limelight to long, Cindy has Al and he goes off to scam someone.
afrozealuns! LOL!!!!!
Come on, spell it right!
Afrozuelans.
At the risk of getting knocked off this thread. Pat should have included JJ in his statement. I wonder just how many person's blood is on his hands?????????
Jesse is milking the Robertson quote for all its worth. I bet Chavez is paying the tab for Jess' trip.
Let's not leave out Afroafhanistanians and Afroaqis ..!
Jackson is going to blackmail Chavez into paying "protection money" to protect him from Pat Robertson?
Whenever I see Jesse, I think of what Ken Hamblin AKA the Black Avenger said of him
"Basically he's a public relations media whore"
"Basically he's a public relations media whore"
Even more basic than that, Jackson is a communist. Him and Hugo, two peas in a pod.
"Did the UN create a Secretary of Grift and Poverty Pimping position recently?"
They will as soon as Clinton steps into Kofi's seat.
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