Venezuela not recognizing Mexico’s new government

The Caracas regime is refusing to recognize the incoming government Mexican President-elect Felipe Calderon.

"The foreign minister Nicolas Maduro said it first, and I second him," says Chavez in an article of his regime’s mouthpiece, Venezuelanalysis.com. "We are evaluating. Venezuela has not recognized the new Mexican government."

As suspected during the Mexican presidential campaign, the Venezuelan government was covertly supporting leftist candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, who lost very narrowly in elections certified by international observers. Lopez Obrador has indicated that he will not accept losing and that he might form a parallel "government." It appears that Venezuela is waiting for Lopez Obrador’s next move.