Venezuela’s president met with local Jewish officials after being accused of making remarks some consider anti-Semitic. Freddy Pressner, the president of the Venezuelan Confederation of Israelite Associations, said he believes Hugo Chavez’s remarks were not anti-Semitic, Reuters reported.
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