- We would like [to] thank the American people for the
support they have offered us in the wake of the Reverend Pat Robertson´s
call for the murder of our President, Hugo Chávez. The messages
of support have flooded our Embassy´s electronic and voice mails.
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- We are very disappointed with Pat Robertson´s statements
over the Christian Broadcast Network. Mr. Robertson is of course no ordinary
private citizen. He was a candidate for the GOP´s Presidential nomination
in 1992. The organization that Mr. Robertson leads, the Christian Coalition,
claims nearly 2 million members and has a multi million dollar a year budget.
In 2000 it was credited with helping George W. Bush win the important
South Carolina primary and catapulting him to the nomination of his party
for President. Mr. Robertson has been one of this President´s staunchest
allies. His statement demands the strongest condemnation by the White
House.
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- Mr. Robertson´s call that U.S. government covert
operatives murder President Hugo Chávez is a call to terrorism.
His call that President Bush violently impose the outdated Monroe Doctrine
on Venezuela is a call for American intervention in the sovereign affairs
of our democratic country.
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- The United States may not permit its citizens to use
its territory and airwaves to incite terrorism abroad and the murder of
a democratically elected President. Venezuela demands that the U.S. abide
by international and domestic law and respect our country and its President.
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- Pat Robertson´s statement must be condemned in
the strongest terms by the Bush Administration, and we are concerned about
the safety of our President. It´s essential that the U.S. government
guarantee his safety when he visits this country in the future, including
his scheduled visits to the United Nations in New York.
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- From the messages we have received, it´s clear
that Pat Robertson does not speak for Christians in the United States,
nor even for the Christian Coalition, when he calls for the assassination
of our President.
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- August 23, 2005
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