AFP. 12 April 2002. Chavez did not resign, his last education minister, daughter say.
CARACAS -- Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez did not resign but was taken prisoner, his last education minister said Friday. Chavez "told the military staff he was not resigning, that they could go ahead with their coup and take responsibility for it," said Aristobulo Isturiz, who was with Chavez at the Miraflores presidential palace until he was taken to Fort Tiuna base, just hours after the elected leftist president's government collapsed. "They took him away under arrest," Isturiz said, denying press reports Chavez was in hiding and that authorities were searching for him. Meanwhile Chavez's daughter Maria Gabriela Chavez told Cuban television from Caracas that her father "at no time has resigned, at no time has he signed a presidential decree dismissing vice president Diosdado Cabello, much less resigned himself; some military staff simply went and arrested him." ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/. _______________________________________________ Marxism-Thaxis mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To change your options or unsubscribe go to: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/listinfo/marxism-thaxis
