Venezuelan President
Chavez Calls For Peace,
Social Justice On
Christmas Mass
Caracas - Venezuelan
President Hugo Chavez
put out a call Wednesday
during a Christmas
Catholic mass for fight
for peace and social
justice.
"Today is Christmas. It
is a propitious moment
to make a call, the call
to fight for peace and
social justice. Let's
remember that Jesus
fought for that 2,000
years ago, to leave a
light of peace in the
world," Chavez said
during the mass in the
Church Nuestra Senora de
las Mercedes located in
central Caracas.
Stressing that in 2008,
the Venezuelan people
and government had many
political victories,
Chavez said as a
Christmas present he saw
a happy people protected
by the Bolivarian
Revolution.
The Bolivarian
Revolution refers to a
mass social movement and
political process in
Venezuela.
Chavez was accompanied
in the mass by his
cabinet members, leaders
of the ruling United
Socialist Party of
Venezuela (PSUV), some
political figures and
ordinary citizens.
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