Walesa Drops Venezuela Visit After Chavez Threatens To Bar Him
Former Polish President Lech Walesa has canceled a visit to Venezuela, after President Hugo Chavez threatened to ban the Solidarity leader. "This behavior is not very mature and insults a Polish citizen," Walesa's spokesman, Piotr Gulczynski, said Thursday. Walesa, the 1983 Nobel Peace prize winner, was scheduled to arrive in Venezuela Friday for five days of meetings with students and non-governmental organizations, Gulczynski told Poland's PAP news agency. Walesa has described Chavez as a "demagogue" and a "populist" and said government opposition must be allowed. He tried to visit Venezuela in November, but authorities talked him out of it for an unspecified "security reason."
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