Venezuela's Chavez sees 'good signals' from US

[Judi Lynn]

Venezuela's Chavez sees 'good signals' from US
By JORGE RUEDA, Associated Press Writer Jorge Rueda, Associated Press Writer – 1 hr 55 mins ago

CARACAS, Venezuela – Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said he sees "good signals" from the United States after Cuban militant Luis Posada Carriles was charged with lying about his involvement in a series of 1997 bombings in Cuba.

Chavez made the remark to Caracas-based TV channel Telesur while traveling from China to Cuba, where he arrived for a visit Friday. Chavez said he was encouraged by the indictment handed down this week against the 81-year-old former CIA operative, who is accused of lying about his involvement in bombings in Havana that killed an Italian tourist.

"They're opening a trial against Posada Carriles in the United States, they're summoning the terrorist again," Chavez said in the interview, which was shown Friday on Venezuelan state television.

"They seem like good signals on the part of the United States," Chavez said.

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