venezuela stories

Greg Palast: "Don't believe everything you read in the papers about Venezuela" The Guardian 4/17/02
"Contrary to the reports of a spoonfed western press, Hugo Chavez was not unpopular and did not resign, says Greg Palast
http://www.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=173177


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Analysis: After the would-be coup" By the BBC's Tom Gibb 4/14/02
"There will be relief in most of Latin America that President Hugo Chavez is back in power in Venezuela, with many seeing this as important for the development of democratic constitutional rule on the continent.
"The populist Venezuelan leader was thrown out of office and taken prisoner by top military officers on Friday, after a general strike and mass protests by his opponents left at least 13 dead and more than 100 injured.
"But he has now been restored to power after the lower ranks of the army apparently came to his rescue and crowds of supporters took to the streets…
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/americas/newsid_1929000/1929498.stm


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Three Days that Shook the Media: Online Journalism's Finest Hour Exposed and Reversed a Coup" By Al Giordano 4/15/02
"The failed coup d'etat against Venezuela marks a turning point not just for authentic democracy in our América, but also for authentic journalism.
http://www.narconews.com/threedays.html


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"Intel briefing" 4/13
..."the CIA provided Special Operations Group personnel, headed by a lieutenant colonel on loan from the US Special Operations Command at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, to help organize the coup against Chavez. They had been in the country since the summer of 2001"...
http://www.intelbriefing.com/afi/afi020413a.htm


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"US renews threatening talk towards Chavez" by Reuters via ProletarianNews 4/14/02
"U.S. offers tough message to Venezuela's Chavez.
"WASHINGTON -- The United States, which did not condemn the military coup that ousted Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, greeted his return on Sunday with a stern message that his policies were not working and he should be more responsive to his people [read: the capitalists and labor aristocrats].
http://www.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=171602


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SUPPORT THE CHAVEZ REVOLUTION--THE DANGER IS NOT OVER!!!! BOLIVAR4/14/02
"Fro whatever it is worth, here is a report from a mainstream "intelligence" site which suggests that Chavez is not out of danger yet.
According to this report, Chavez was able to return to power because of a falling out among the coup plotters; a Right Wing cabal attempted a coup-within-a coup against a Centrist Coup faction. However, there is still military/Elitist opposition against him the Congress and military.
Venezuela: Carmona Out, Chavez Back -- But For How Long?
13 April 2002
http://www.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=171515


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COMUNIQUE OF ANARCHISTS IN VENEZUELA" by Victor Chernov 4/14/02
"translated by Chris, Apoyo Mutual
"Dear comrades"...
http://www.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=171742


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catch this: already in print, too late to retract:
"Bush Administration Openly Supports Chavez Coup!"wash post 11:31pm Sat Apr 13 '02
"Anti democratic Bush Administration embraces and welcomes coup in Venezuela calling it a "change of Government"
""The Bush administration yesterday blamed former Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez for the events that led to his forced resignation and arrest, calling his toppling by the nation's military a "change of government" rather than a coup. Officials said Chavez's departure was the will of Venezuela's people."..
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41210-2002Apr12.html


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"Coup leader, cronies arrested; joy in streets" AFP via ProletarianNews 8:18pm 4/13/02
"Diosdado Cabello sworn in as Venezuela president; Chavez men reinstated
"CARACAS -- Interim Venezuelan president Pedro Carmona, who took office after Hugo Chavez was ousted from power, announced late Saturday that the legislature had named Chavez's vice president Diosdado Cabello as the country's new president.
"[N.B.] Carmona was then arrested, along with his top ministers and top military supporters.
"Moments before, Carmona had resigned in an address broadcast on RCR radio in Caracas. Caracas television stations immediately showed jubilant crowds, many of which had moments before threatened violence. Police sirens wailed in the streets as citizens set off fireworks.
..."Former Chavez ministers said that the entire Chavez cabinet, with the exception of Chavez himself, had met at the Miraflores palace, during a hurried message they delivered over the state-owned television network.
""We are retaking control of the nation's institutions, reestablishing constitutional order. We have spent many difficult hours but the rightist dictatorship has been defeated," said legislator Juan Bareto. "We are going to reconcile the country."
"Vargas told AFP that a group of Chavez supporters was on its way to Venezuela's Orchila island in the Caribbean sea to bring Chavez back to Caracas.
http://www.indybay.org/news/2002/04/122246.php

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"Hugo Chavez: A Servant Not Knowing His Place" by William Blum 4/12/02
..."Overthrowing a man such as Hugo Chavez, guilty of such transgressions, was a duty so "natural" for the CIA that the only reason it might not have been intimately involved in the operation would be that the Agency had been secretly disbanded.
http://www.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=171393


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Chavez: 'I have NOT resigned!' by NYT via ProletarianNews
"NYT. 14 April 2002. Venezuela Leader, Ousted 2 Days Ago, May Be Back. Edited.
http://www.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=171328


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Washington: coup d’état accomplice and instigator" by Granma Cuba 4/13/02
"Fidel Castro condemns the US junta for trying to overthrow Chavez
http://www.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=171383



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"Venezuela Defies CIA's Coup" Pascal Fletcher 4/13/02
"A major said they wanted Chavez back and that other military units around Venezuela, including a paratroop unit in Maracay west of Caracas, were staging a rebellion against the interim government....
http://www.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=171202


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Venezuela: Rich versus Poor" by AP via ProletarianNews 4/13/02
"AP. 13 April 2002. Stream of Riot Victims in Venezuela.
http://www.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=171303


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photos from Venezuela 4/14/02
http://www.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=171622


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Venezuelan "Terrorist and Presidential Kidnapper" Carmona, on the Run" by Lets be accurate 4/13/02
"The coup is proving to be no walk-over. 80% of the 24 million Venezuelans voted for Chavez [who has certainly lived up to all voter expectations in terms of reforming laws to aid the majority] and they are not going to lie down while some two-bit "terrorist" kidnaps their beloved president and sets himself up as a "thief in chief." Venezuela is not America."
http://www.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=171133


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page of 4/13 links about venezuela coup
http://www.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=171223

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"Coup in Venezuela: SOA graduates involved" by Gregory Wilpert et al. 4/13/02
"Coup in Venezuela; Chavez being held against his will
Please spread the word far and wide and call your foreign ministry orthe U.S. State Department and tell them not to recognize the new government of Venezuela.The State Department's Venezuela Desk Phone Number is 202-647-3023.
http://www.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=170970


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"The Great Divide; Whites Rule OK! (Venezuela's racist coup) 4/12/02 by VHeadline.com : Venezuela's Electronic News
"Wednesday, April 10, 2002 -- Observing the social and racial composition of the majority of persons protesting outside the PDVSA Chuao offices, what they have in common is they are lighter-skinned Venezuelans and middle-to upper middle class as well. In contrast, the people we have seen on TV over the last two days at 6:00 a.m. at Petare, Catia and Coche metro stations could well be the “white” crowd’s domestic service, gardener or chauffeur, who work for less than a minimum wage and are paid by the day.
"The great divide is between the “haves” (who feel that the arrival of Chavez Frias has lowered their standard of living) and the darker-colored “have-nots” (who are the President’s strongest supporters).
http://www.vheadline.com/0204/11772.asp


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"Dangerous and Deteriorating Human Rights Situation in Venezuela" By Daniel Hellinger, April 12, 2002"
"Information coming from Venezuela is, as the following summary notes, highly unreliable. Much of what follows has been derived from professors who have maintained some distance from both government and opposition; communiqués from Chávez supporters, (not accepted a face value, but taken into account); the human rights organization PROVEA; and others.
http://www.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=171057


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19 Latin American Leaders Say Venezuelan Coup Illegitimate" AFP 4/12/02
"Problems originally began in the state-run oil company when Chavez requested that democratic elections be held to vote for union leaders. The board of directors objected to union elections and took the oil company on strike so Chavez sacked them, replacing them with directors who would support elections of union leaders.
..."CARACAS, Venezuela (AFP) - Venezuela's military tapped a member of Venezuela's oligarchy -economist and businessman -Pedro Carmona, to
replace the progressive democrat president Hugo Chavez, whose rule was ended by army commanders after a street protest in which 12 pro-Chavez
supporters were shot dead and dozens more injured.
http://www.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=170686