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[Via Communist Internet... http://www.egroups.com/group/Communist-Internet ] [Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ] . . ----- Original Message ----- From: Barry Stoller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2002 1:05 AM Subject: Venezuela class struggle - more details AFP. 23 January 2002. Chavez opponents, supporters mass in twin marches amid tight security. CARACAS -- More than 200,000 supporters and detractors of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez launched twin marches in the capital Wednesday, amid high security. The marches, marking the 44th anniversary of the fall of Venezuelan dictator Marcos Perez Jimenez, were held streets apart, with a strong police presence for the opposition group, and some 150 military police and detectives guarding the presidential parade. The populist Chavez, 48, wearing his habitual red beret, marched with his supporters from the rough "23 de Enero" district toward the National Assembly building. Supporters professed their "love" for Chavez. Chavez promised to do away with "immoral" giant estates of Venezuela, which have large stretches of unused terrain and which he said had "halted Venezuela's development." He underlined that Venezuela's poorest people living in the shantytowns of Caracas and other parts would soon be given their own property rights. His new land law, he said, would be launched with the distribution of documents among the poor allocating property ownership. The law, the most controversial of a package of 49 new economic policies enacted by presidential decree November 13, tighten state control over agriculture. The move has further alienated many of the nation's middle class [read: capitalists] who feel threatened by Chavez's policies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Barry Stoller http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ProletarianNews --------------------------- ANTI-NATO INFORMATION LIST ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: [email protected] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.a9WB2D Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
