Carlos the Jackal was 'worthy heir' of struggles: Chavez

November 08, 2011 16:47

President Hugo Chavez described leftist Venezuelan militant Carlos the Jackal, on trial for deadly attacks in 1980s France, a "worthy heir of the greatest
(leftist) struggles."

"Independently of what he has been accused of, 'Carlos' during that era was a worthy heir of the greatest struggles that emerged from here on behalf of the people, and popular justice," Chavez, a socialist ex-paratrooper, alluding to
Venezuelan support for the Palestinian cause said yesterday.

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