 Protestors run from tear gas fired by Venezuelan Guard | |
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP): 27/02/2004 --
Clashes between troops and thousands of protesters pressing for the recall of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez overshadowed the opening of a summit of developing nations, with two men killed and several injured. Near the summit site at the downtown Hilton Hotel in the capital, guard troops fired dozens of tear gas canisters at the jeering crowd of anti-Chavez protesters.
Two men, both civilians, were killed, Interior Minister Lucas Rincon said.
Dozens of opposition protesters blocked a Caracas highway late Friday with burning tire barricades, while others banged pots and pans to protest the violence.
The military had put 50,000 troops and police on the streets for the summit and warned it would not tolerate opposition protests.
Venezuela's government cut live TV and radio broadcasts of the violence on private channels and replaced it with summit coverage.
Chavez insists an opposition petition for a recall referendum -- being scrutinized by elections officials -- is ridden with fraud. Elections officials have suggested they may toss out the petition for technical reasons
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My Opinion:
Now, that IS violence. A woman went to talk to the Venezuelan national guard and they mistreated her, kicked her. Then their boss said to her “the ones that kicked you and pulled your hair were women” oHHH, so that justifies the mistreatment?? Please, when they realize there were cameras, they covered the scene.
Chavez is so scared because he knows we want a referendum, we want him out, and he’s doing all kind of cheats, they should already had to had given us the dates of the referendum.... they havent. That’s why we’re protesting
You know why did they cut the national TV and radio broadcast of the news? because they wanted to cover the violence. You should see how were the reporters dressed, helmets, anti bullet thingies, etc. they practically risk their life to report the news, they're mistreated by the national guard.
The Venezuelan national guard threw them tear gas because they didn’t want the protest to go on, see the intentional sabotage? How is it possible that they do that to a pacific protest?
We're not stopping here...we will get a referendum
Last edited by Cosita Rica : 02-28-2004 at 04:40 AM.
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