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AFP. 14 April 2002. Chavez assumes presidency in televised ceremony in the presidential palace. CARACAS -- A teary-eyed Hugo Chavez assumed the presidency of Venezuela in a dramatic ceremony at the presidential palace Sunday, his voice choked with emotion after his removal from office during a two-day coup d'etat. "I am still stupefied. I am still trying to assimilate the process," Chavez said, speaking directly into the television cameras. Chavez returned by helicopter from detention on a Caribbean island early Sunday and entered the presidential palace in Caracas where he is expected to resume the presidential functions he was ousted from two days ago. "We can write I don't know how many books for Venezuelan history and for the world of what this counterrevolutionary process is about," said Chavez in a defiant tone. Chavez was sworn in wearing civilian clothing and spoke at length of continued civilian-military collaboration. "These events that brought blood and pain should be a lesson for all," Chavez said, in apparent reference to the violent demonstrations that led up to the coup and continued during his captivity. "I call for peace. I call for calm, for rationality, for the unity of the country," he said, in a conciliatory tone that his supporters also used earlier in the day when addressing the deeply-divided Venezuelan people. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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.a9617B 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 ==^================================================================
