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Caracas is Calm . . . So, What Happened Thursday in Venezuela?
(G.G, Narconews, October 11, 2002)
The shrieking press coverage in recent days by the commercial media in the United States and Venezuela, and by other parties invested in that country's conflicts (including some U.S. "human rights" groups who should know better), told of an opposition march scheduled for Thursday and painted grave scenarious of coup d'etat and chaos. . . . A day after the march, all the hysterical shriekers have been proved wrong, and in many cases intentionally dishonest. The opposition march came and went. . . . People peaceably assembled. Sure, they called for the violent overthrow of the government, but that's speech too. The government, police, and military - despite all kinds of provocations and threats of violent coups - remained calm and ensured the right of its opponents to march. After the march, the supporters of the Ch�vez government held parties in the streets because there had been no coup d'etat. And then everybody went home. Sounds like a healthy democracy to us. . . . There was nothing sensational about it. That might not sell newspapers, but it's news. ....[eyewitness accounts follow]

posted by LoZo 4:26 PM