"How can a group of people be better armed than the state and municipal police,"
I have at least ONE good answer to that question... Leigh On Nov 28, 2007 8:44 PM, michael a. lebowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Venezuelan Opposition Protesters Shoot Chavez Supporter November 28th 2007, > by Kiraz Janicke - Venezuelanalysis.com > > Caracas, November 28, 2007 (venezuelanalysis.com) - Neighbors, friends and > family members of young worker and supporter of Venezuelan President Hugo > Chavez, José Anibal Oliveros Yépez, who was murdered by a radical opposition > group in the regional city of Valencia on Monday, have express profound rage > and indignation at what occurred explaining that his body was spat on and > kicked by his killers, "as if he were and animal." > > Oliveres, 19 years old, was on his way to work driving a truck of state > owned "socialist" housing company Petrocasa when he encountered opposition > groups blocking the road in protest against proposed constitutional reforms. > When he tried to convince them to let him pass he was shot several times and > died before he could be rescued. > > Radio YVKE Mundial reported that the opposition protesters came from Cuidad > Alianza, a middle class suburb in Valencia and blocked a highway to impede > workers from Petrocasa from passing to the poorer neighborhood of Araguita, > where they were working to construct housing for the poor. However, the > report noted many of the neighbors from Cuidad Alianza also rejected the > violent behavior of some of the opposition groups. > > A resident from Cuidad Alianza who did not want to be named told Radio YVKE > Mundial that the opposition groups had blocked the road to Araguita from > three o'clock in the morning and were patrolling the neighborhood "with guns > in hand." > > Alexander Borges, friend and workmate of Oliveros explained to VTV that > they tried to rescue Oliveros, but were prevented by the protestors who > threatened to kill them. > > "There were four of us, trying to carry our friend to the community, but > they surrounded us throwing bottles. I took the opportunity to move him > [Oliveros] because they were going to hit him with a bottle in the face and > I moved him so it did not hit him in the face. He had one bullet in the leg, > a man from the local community was going to carry him, but in this moment > they shot him twice in the back and this is when he fell to the ground." > > "We pleaded with them for the life of our friend that was lying bloody on > the ground, to please allow us the opportunity to pick him up and they > responded that now they were coming for us, that they were coming for me," > Borges added. > > Borges explained that two other people came to help rescue Oliveros, but > that the opposition supporters threw rocks and bottles at them screaming, > "Come and pick up your dead, now we are coming for you." > > Dixon Viloria, also a friend of Oliveros and a witness said that after they > killed him, "they mal-treated him, kicked him, stripped off his clothes, hit > him and screamed 'pick up your dead chicken!' as if he was an animal." > > Beltran Chavez, from Araguita said that neighbors from Cuidad Alianza had > shot at workers from Petrocasa earlier when they tried to pass through to > construction sites in Araguita. He said the same group of protesters had > previously set alight to a truck from Petrocasa and physically and verbally > attacked a group of women from Araguita. > > "How can a group of people be better armed than the state and municipal > police," he asked. He added that thanks to the municipal and state police > the four people that participated in the act were captured." > > National Assembly Deputy Francisco Ameliach and the Mayor of Guacara, José > Manuel Flores, who visited the neighborhood to pay their respects to the > Oliveros' family, reported that opposition groups in Ciudad Alianza that > claim to represent "civil society" have marked the houses of Chavez > supporters, or those they believe to be Chavez supporters, with red paint > and "have said they are going to kill them." > > Vice president Jorge Rodriguez confirmed that the Oliveros' killer had been > identified and arrested and has confessed to the crime, reportedly saying > that all "Chavistas" should be killed, as well as three other people also > linked to his death. Rodrgiuez said that simultaneously coordinated > opposition protests of small groups had blocked other highways with burning > objects in Valencia and Maracay. In total 80 people were arrested. > > Rodriguez has also asked the Venezuelan Episcopal Conference to explain > what they know about a meeting held by the opposition in the Diocesan > Insitute in Maracay where the violent protests are alleged to have been > planned. > > Rodriguez said he has witness testimony of people who were invited to the > meeting in the Diocesan Institute to "pray for peace" however; when they > arrived they found the meeting was planning the protest in Ciudad Alianza > that resulted in the death of Oliveros. > > Rodriguez said the Catholic hierarchy should remember the commandments not > to lie and not to kill and said the Church should explain to the Venezuelan > people why their buildings are being used to plan these types of protests. > > Friends and family of Oliveros also condemned Venezuelan and international > media reporting of his death, particularly opposition private TV channel > Globovision, which they say tried to portray Oliveros as insane, and some > international media that have tried to obscure the events leading to > Oliveros death, some even claiming that Oliveros was an opposition supporter > attacked by a "pro-Chavez mob." > > Gladys Yépez, mother of Oliveros demanded justice for her only son and > President Hugo Chavez has responded saying the murderer of Oliveros should > face the "full weight of the law." > Source URL: http://www.venezuelanalysis.com/news/2913 > Printed: November 29th 2007 > License: Published under a Creative Commons license (by-nc-nd). See > creativecommons.org for more information. > > > Michael A. Lebowitz > Professor Emeritus > Economics Department > Simon Fraser University > Burnaby, B.C., Canada V5A 1S6 > > Director, Programme in 'Transformative Practice and Human Development' > Centro Internacional Miranda, P.H. > Residencias Anauco Suites, Parque Central, final Av. Bolivar > Caracas, Venezuela > fax: 0212 5768274/0212 5777231 > http//:centrointernacionalmiranda.gob.ve [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.16.9/1155 - Release Date: 27/11/2007 > 8:30 PM > >
