More good news.
***** Venezuela army chief condemns strike
General's criticism is major boost for Chavez
Tuesday, December 17, 2002 Posted: 10:07 AM EST (1507 GMT)
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- Opposition hopes for military disobedience
to Hugo Chavez dimmed after Venezuela's army chief criticized a
15-day-old strike aimed at forcing the president to quit or call
early elections.
Gen. Julio Garcia Montoya urged citizens to distrust opposition
leaders mounting "an aggression against the survival of the country
that oversteps democratic boundaries," offering the armed forces'
clearest position yet on a general strike that has disrupted oil
exports in a major U.S. supplier.
Garcia Montoya criticized protests that blocked Caracas highways and
roads Monday. He said in a televised speech that "society is
strengthened through its reconciliation and not through its
conflicts."
His message Monday was a slap in the face to opposition leaders who
have pleaded with the armed forces to disobey Chavez's orders to
prevent strikers from breaking the law. Chavez has relied heavily on
the military to break the strike, deploying troops to guard gasoline
stations, commandeer delivery trucks and seize striking oil
tankers....
<http://www.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/americas/12/17/venezuela.strike.ap/> *****
"Venezuelan Army Chief Backs Chavez Amid Strike," _VOA News_ 17 Dec
2002, 10:35 UTC,
<http://www.voanews.com/article.cfm?objectID=E362A28B-B735-488D-92FF0EC7BC08A617>.
"Venezuela's Army Commander Supports President,"
<http://www.dw-world.de/english/0,3367,1429_W_715834,00.html>.
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Yoshie
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