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Joanne98 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-25-09 05:00 AM
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Venezuela: Constitutional reform campaign heats up
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said on January 20 that the government would not permit violent protests by “the pitiyanquis <“little yankies”>”, according to the January 21 Ultimas Noticias.


Chavez was referring to recent violent demonstrations by right-wing, university student protesters in various parts of the country.

“Now we are seeing in action the plan of the Pact of Puerto Rico , the guarimba , destabilisation, burning of the country; we’re not going to allow this.

“Now they are trying to present themselves as victims of a repressive Chavez.”

“No, you know me very well. Nor is the government that I lead repressive; nor do I have a repressive character. No, it’s just that I have told them, the oligarchs, that the stupid Chavez was left behind in 2002 ”, he added.

He was addressing a rally of the Front of Social Missions for a Yes Vote in the eastern coastal city of Barcelona. This was part of a growing series of rallies and meetings around the country to support a “Yes” vote in the referendum on February 15 on a proposed constitutional reform that would remove the current two-term limit on elected officials.

http://www.greenleft.org.au/2009/780/40222
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