>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
In this case, at least part of the explanation is the shifting decision of the main union federation based in the state oil company. Apparently, they supported the initial coup, but when the coup leaders put in the new President, his actions in dissolving parliament and the constitution alienated the union federation, so they came out against the new government.
-- Nathan Newman