Chavez lets Silva discuss Venezuela with Obama/ Lula será árbitro entre Venezuela y Estados Unidos

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez says he has authorized Brazil's leader to raise the subject of Venezuela in talks with President Barack Obama this month. U.S.-Venezuelan relations remain prickly despite the change of government in Washington, while Brazil's left-leaning president, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, has maintained friendly relations both with U.S. leaders and with the socialist Chavez ( full information)/ El presidente venezolano, Hugo Chávez, dijo que él autorizó a su homólogo brasileño, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, a que presente el tema de Venezuela en las conversaciones que sostendrá este mes con el presidente estadounidense, Barack Obama ( información completa)