Paying homage where homage is due

March 25, 2004

I would like to pay homage to two people, one that I like and know, the other I don’t like much, but he has earned my respect:


Antonio Ledezma and Andres Velasquez had legitimate and earned aspirations to the positions of Mayor of Libertador District or of the Metropolitan area and Governor of Anzoategui, respectively. Instead, in the interest of unity they both declined to concentrate in the recall referendum.


I have never liked Ledezma too much, but in the last three years, he has been one of the few politicians that has been everywhere, fighting, swallowing tear gas and working weekends. Velasquez I have always liked and admired. He has very clear ideas. Despite his health problem (He had a bypass operation two years or so ago) he is today as feisty as ever, very critical of the Chavez Government.

This entry was posted on March 25, 2004 at 8:50 pm and is filed under Venezuela.

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