Some hits found via daypop. The Gabriel Garcia Marquez piece s/b interesting. Michael Pugliese
http://www.daypop.com/search?q=venezuela&search=Search&t=w
http://www.letterneversent.com/ April 13, 2002
Narconews Narconews has been doing a great job of covering the Chavez coup. Actually, Narconews is a great resource for information on the Drug War and on Central South America in general. Definitely check them out. Here are some good links I've snatched off their site:
Coup Questions Journalists should be asking Gunpoint democracy from SFGate.com: Leading the junta is Pedro Carmona, leader of the nation's business lobby. With no apparent legal authority, he dismissed the entire Congress and Supreme Court, abolished the constitution and claimed the right to fire any elected state or municipal leaders Narconews: Q & A on "Remote Control Coup" Journalist Jules Siegel interviews Narco News Publisher Al Giordano Common Dreams News Center: Coup in Venezuela: An Eyewitness Account by Gregory Wilpert EYEWITNESS: THE PLOT WAS WELL PREPARED by Maximilien Averlaiz, Caracas Why US tries to overthrow Venezuelan government: Thorn in the side of new world order By Vincent Browne of the Irish Times
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On the flight to Venezuela
Hugo Chávez, who has won a new mandate at the July elections, has engaged in a series of sweeping reforms since his triumphant election as president of Venezuela in 1998: Congress has been dissolved and a new constitution approved. But despite a spectacular increase in oil revenue, he has failed to remedy serious economic and social problems, and observers wonder if his current populism may not degenerate into despotism.
by GABRIEL GARCIA MARQUEZ <snip>
Workers World... Canadian Dimension: Amid Coup Rumors: Struggle sharpens in ...
... unleashed are gathering strength. At the same time, Chavez has called for the creation of "Bolivarian circles"--popular organizations to defend the revolution. ... http://www.canadiandimension.mb.ca/extra/d0708am.htm
Washington Post... http://www.rose-hulman.edu/~delacova/ venezuela/bolivarian-circles.htm