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Tuesday, April 16, 2002 |
Peace is a choice, not a condition
Jake says in a comment on this site: Peace is a choice, not a condition. A lot of venezuelans have to learn that. I want to internalized that phrase in me so that it becomes second nature. In spanish: La paz es una escogencia, no una condición or maybe La paz se escoge, no se encuentra.
6:54:56 PM Google It! 
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Current rumors include that fighting is still going on in Caracas and other parts of Venezuela. In the city of San Felipe, Yaracuy, for example, Chavez mobs tried to topple the local government but the army intervene to stop them. Continued movement inside army posts is noted, particularly in Caracas and Maracay.
Finally, Chavez seem to have learned manners while he was detained, has asked for forgiveness and has a new conciliatory tone. Don't be fooled. The current information is that this is due to two causes one external, the Secretary General of OAS is in Caracas investigating; one internal, the army, even the part that support him, has warned him that they do not like what they are seeing.
My conclusion is that this is a "de Facto" government and Chavez is just a convenient and popular puppet. Things will change, but they will stay the same.
6:27:53 PM
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Carmona Betrayed Ortega and Lost the Chance
Patricia Poleo editor of "El Nuevo País" explicitly writes the details of the betrayal of Carmona and his group to the workers union and other members of the opposition. The article is very strong. The newspaper has been sold out, but versions of the article are already moving through email.
1:15:43 PM Google It!
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Venezuela's Political Turbulence. The only hope for Hugo Chávez and Venezuela is for him to step back from his confrontational agenda. In his three years in office, Mr. Chávez has been such a divisive and demagogic leader that his forced departure last week drew applause at home and in Washington. That reaction, which we shared, overlooked the undemocratic manner in which he was removed. Forcibly unseating a democratically elected leader, no matter how badly he has performed, is never something to cheer.
[New York Times: Opinion]
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