Dear Secretary of State,
The Board of Directors of the organization Independent Venezuelan American Citizens (IVAC) very serious and respectfully solicit your moral and literal support in requesting the implementation of the Democratic Charter to the government of Hugo Chavez.
The Venezuelan people are continuously astonished when every morning they have to face the violence, corruption and continuous violations to human rights they are subject to. This week it was the illegal detention of a well known, Venezuelan citizen and democratic activist, Mr. Alejandro Peña Esclusa, who was taken into custody and falsely accused of having links with a Salvadoran terrorist suspect, Francisco Chavez Abarca with whom he has not and never had a relationship of any kind.
Mr. Alejandro Peña Esclusa is being pursued by the government of Hugo Chavez for his constant and courageous struggle to defend democracy not only in Venezuela but in the rest of Central and South America as well. He has toured the Americas and Europe denouncing the links of Venezuela, and the countries that have adopted the so called “XXI Century Socialism,” with the Forum of Sao Paulo, its links with international terrorism and the continuing, political, legal and human rights violations. As a leader of democracy in Latin America, Mr. Peña Esclusa founded and currently presides the Democratic Union of Organizations of America (UnoAmerica), comprising in it more than two hundred organizations.
more info:
www.ivac.org
Phone (305) 594-7474 Fax (305) 477-0699
E-mail ceo@ivac.org