Venezuelan Interim President Resigns

[Diane Monaco]

At 10:49 PM 4/13/2002 -0400, you wrote:
>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45072-2002Apr13.html
>Venezuelan Interim President Resigns
>
>The Associated Press
>Saturday, April 13, 2002; 10:38 PM
>
>CARACAS, Venezuela -- Venezuela's interim president resigned Saturday, a day
>after he was sworn in, in the face of protests by thousands of supporters of
>the ousted president, Hugo Chavez.

Perhaps there is mounting cause to take a look at why coups are common 
vehicles for political change here.  75 percent of the people living in 
poverty in this oil-rich country may provide a clue.  Undemocratic shifts 
like coups may just be related to the democracy within.

Diane