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.
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