Venezuelans Protest Chavez's Referendum (AP)

[katty]

Venezuelans Protest Chavez's Referendum

Nov 29 03:33 PM US/Eastern
By FABIOLA SANCHEZ
Associated Press Writer 2 Comments


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CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - Tens of thousands of people flooded the streets of the capital Thursday to oppose a referendum that would eliminate term limits for President Hugo Chavez and help him establish a socialist state in Venezuela.
Blowing whistles, waving placards and shouting "Not like this!" the marchers carried Venezuelan flags and dressed in blue—the chosen color of the opposition—as they streamed along Bolivar Avenue.

"This is a movement by those of us who oppose a change to this country's way of life, because what (the referendum) aims to do is impose totalitarianism," said former lawmaker Elias Matta. "There can't be a communist Venezuela, and that's why our society is reacting this way."

[Bicoastal]

1. 5...4...3...2...1...

:nuke:

:popcorn:

[bullimiami]

2. A MINORITY of Venezuelans.

Some people were happy with the old way, but more were not.
Hopefully Hugo is the bolivarian the masses hope for and not the totalitarian the opposition fears.

[Joanne98]

3. We have fake human rights groups too?

[bemildred]

5. Yeah, we got fake everything.

I ran into this one called "Transparency International" today:

In Venezuela, petrodollars breed opacity

CARACAS, Venezuela: As petrodollars stream into oil-producing countries, Western officials have begun to demand greater accountability for the way they are spent. Some corruption-plagued states, like Nigeria and Azerbaijan, have heeded the call, increasing financial transparency, or at least paying lip service to it. Hugo Chávez's Venezuela, however, appears headed in the opposite direction.

"We see Venezuela on the other side of the road," said Mercedes de Freitas, executive director here of Transparency International. The global anticorruption group ranks Venezuela the least transparent country in Latin America and 162 out of 179 nations globally. Soon it could fall lower.

http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/11/29/business/chavez.php

[rAVES]

4. All 10 Protesters are worth the AP.. yet 50k or so in the US or britain against the war isnt..

hypocrisy..