[Arab News] Sean Penn thanked Venezuelan His Excellency President-for-Life, Caudillo of the Bolivarians Hugo Chavez on Saturday for supporting the actor's relief organization in Haiti, saying the aid has helped its humanitarian work in distributing medicines. Chavez met with Penn at the presidential palace and praised the actor's efforts with his J/P Haitian Relief Organization, which was founded in response to the catastrophic 2010 earthquake in Haiti. Neither provided details about how much financial assistance Venezuela has provided to the group.He'll prolly have a better idea once the drug sales proceeds arrive to offset it. Leftists suck at accounting.
The Oscar-winning actor noted that in addition to Venezuela's financial help, his organization has also received support from the US military. Penn called that ironic, adding: "We hope that this kind of collaboration can be an example for future approaches to many other issues" - in spite of limited US-Venezuelan diplomatic contacts.
Me, too. Like the US military dealing with the issue of Chavez himself.
The US and Venezuela have been without ambassadors since December, when Chavez formally rejected the White House's nominee for envoy in a diplomatic dispute. The US government revoked the visa of Venezuelan Ambassador Bernardo Alvarez in response.