Hugo Chavez: Nicolas Maduro

Nicolas Maduro: President Nicolas Maduro of Venezuela told Russian reporters on Tuesday that his country has not received an application for asylum from Snowden and dodged the question of whether he would take Snowden away with him. But Maduro also defended the former National Security Agency contractor who released sensitive documents on U.S. intelligence-gathering operations, according to The Star. During his Kremlin meeting with Putin, Maduro spoke about plans to build on the strong ties with Russia formed under his late predecessor, Hugo Chavez. Neither he nor Putin mentioned Snowden in their public statements and MOSCOW NSA leaker Edward Snowden s best chance of finding refuge outside the United States may hinge on the president of Venezuela, who was in Moscow on Tuesday meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. He did not kill anyone and did not plant a bomb, Maduro said ahead of his meeting with Putin, the Interfax news agency reported. What he did was tell a great truth in an effort to prevent wars. He deserves protection under international and humanitarian law. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.