(TALKZIMBABWE) Venezuela expresses solidarity with Zimbabwe: press release

Venezuela expresses solidarity with Zimbabwe: press release
Press release by Venezuela's Ministry of People's Power and Foreign Affairs
Sat, 20 Dec 2008 11:48:00 +0000

THE Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela hsa expressed its solidarity with the people of Zimbabwe due to the public health crisis caused by the cholera epidemic. According to the United Nations the cholera epidemic has now claimed 1,111 people since the outbreak.

Below is the full text emitted by that country's Ministry of People's Power for Foreign Affairs:

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Emergency Health Situation in the Republic of Zimbabwe

The government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, on behalf of the Venezuelan people, expresses its solidarity with the people of the Republic of Zimbabwe during this public health crisis caused by a cholera epidemic that is hitting this brother country in southern Africa. Likewise, the government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela manifests its firm rejection of the use of this emergency situation by outside factors to politically destabilize Zimbabwe, its government, and the twisting of national dialogue and regional mediation taking place in this Republic for a Zimbabwean agreement.

The people of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, upset over the 1,111 victims of cholera and nearly 20,000 cases of infected people, offer their condolences to affected families, and expresses their solidarity during this difficult time.

President Hugo Chávez, on behalf of the Venezuelan people, calls upon the international community to contribute medicine and doctors to control the cholera epidemic in Zimbabwe. He also manifests his solidarity with the people of Zimbabwe, hopes this difficult situation will be overcome, and expresses his support for the independent government of Zimbabwe in its efforts for stability and peace in this brother country of Africa.