CARACAS, Monday July 17, 2006 | Update
Over 50 secretaries-general of communist parties worldwide
are to participate in a seminar called "Scientific Socialism:
Contributions for its Construction," that is taking place
at the Bolivarian University of Venezuela next July 18th-19th,
said the official news agency ABN.
The event was organized by the Venezuelan BolívarMarx
Institute. The seminar is to address topics such as socialism,
the Bolivarian process, electoral fraud in Mexico and other
issues.
Delegates from Puerto Rico, Mexico, United States, Japan,
Canada, Colombia, Greece, Australia, Portugal, South Africa,
Bolivia, Belgium, England and Spain are to attend the event.
04:20 PM. Western Hemisphere. Colombian President Álvaro Uribe said on Tuesday that governments should ensure citizens' rights to live on the border, in reference to a political and diplomatic crisis with Venezuela and its effects on border residents.