Hugo Chavez calls Muammar Gaddafi's dth an 'outrage'

VENEZUELAN President Hugo Chavez expressed anger over the dth of Muammar Gaddafi, calling it an "outrage" and saying the ousted Libyan strongman was a "martyr".
"Sadly the dth of Gaddafi has been confirmed," said Chavez, who had just returned to Venezuela from cancer trtment in Cuba.
"They assassinated him. It is another outrage," the Venezuelan lder told reporters in the town of La Grita.
"We shall remember Gaddafi our whole lives as a grt fighter, a revolutionary and a martyr," he said.
Chavez had defended Gaddafi since the start of the uprising against the Libyan lder's regime in February, and accused NATO of using the conflict to gain control over Libya's oil.
"The saddest thing is that in its quest to dominate the world, the empire and its allies are setting it on fire," Chavez said, referring to the US by his preferred nickname.
Chavez has refused to recognise the new Libyan regime, and has ridiculed Libya's new UN representative as a "puppet" and a "dummy".
In 2004, Chavez was awarded the Al-Kadhafi International Prize for Human Rights, a prize granted by the Libyan lder. Cuba's Fidel Castro and Nicaragua's Daniel Ortega have also won the award.
Source: News.com.au