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AFP. 14 April 2002. Chavez supporters party. CARACAS -- Clad in red berets and waving Venezuelan flags, hundreds of people celebrated outside Venezuela's presidential palace Sunday, in testimony to the popularity that helped sweep President Hugo Chavez back to power after a two-day coup. "We haven't budged from here, the victory is ours," said Eyuminada Bolivar, 50, who said she had been posted outside the presidential palace since dawn, shortly after Chavez returned to office and delivered an emotional hour-long speech. Residents of modest neighborhoods of Caracas and other cities of Venezuela held an impromptu party outside the presidential offices, with music blasting and food for sale. Posters carried by the crowd and slogans painted on surrounding walls read "It's a class struggle," "Out with the coup participants," "Down with tyranny," and "Viva Chavez." Many members of the crowd called for justice for the military officers and business leaders who ousted Chavez early Friday, in the shortest coup in Latin American history. "Where is the OAS and human rights?" read graffiti in red paint sprawled on the wall of a building in downtown Caracas. Wearing a red beret, the symbol of Chavez's Fifth Republic political movement, Aurora Urbina, 47, proudly carried an enormous photo of her leader. "They kidnapped him, the rich wanted to snatch him away from us, but we have gotten him back," she said. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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 ==^================================================================
