Supreme Court returns Metropolitan Police to Mayor. In a severe blow to Chavez' plans, the Venezuelan Supreme Court ruled that the decree issued by the Chavez administration was void and that the Metropolitan Police and all of its facilities have to be returned to the Mayor of Caracas. Moreover, the Court took advantage of the decision to rule that the National Guard can not intervene in establishing order in civilian life unless the appropriate regioanl authorities agree with the measure because the regular police action has been overflowed. This was ruled earlier by a lower Court and was not the subject of the suit. This decision contains what every legal opinion had said all along, but the Constitutional Hall of the Highest Court is considered to be the most pro-Chavez of them all and thus there was no certainty as to the decision. The Chavez administration has defended the decree all the way.  [The Devil's Excrement]

Do the tribunals get angry when the president orders not to obey them? You betcha! Chávez is losing support all around so fast is unbelievable! The fastest h eget out the more chance he and his supporters have of a political future.

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Confrontation ends in soccer game!.

Only a couple of hours after I posted my brother's comment about the error of believing the Venezuelan crisis is a one of rich versus poor that may end in Civil War, the events demonstrated exactly how wrong these people are. On Monday some people barricaded a highway in Caracas. From one of the barrios nearby some pro-Chavez people came down and it appeared there might be a confrontation. There was none, and the picture above shows Chavistas and opposition supporters shaking hands at the end (I can't tell which side is which!). Well, today the opposition barricaded the same highway, the Chavistas showed up and guess what?. They ended playing an improvised game of soccer in the middle of the highway, which reportedly the Chavistas won 3-2. That is the Venezuela we all remember until Hugo Chavez showed up in his coup attempt in '92. We want it back!

(Photo by Oscar Sabater, official Devil's Excrement photographer)

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I agree wholeheartedly with my brother, except one minor detail. Venezuela started to change in 1989. Chávez just made the turn for the worst we all feared...

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