> How convenient that they were friendly to Chavez:
>
> April 21, 2002
> Four Generals Die in Crash of Helicopter in Venezuela
> By JUAN FORERO
> CARACAS, Venezuela, April 20 — Four Venezuelan
> generals, including the newly appointed commander of
> the air force, died Friday evening when the military
> helicopter they were traveling in crashed in
> fog-shrouded mountains just north of here, military
> officials said today.
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This is not good folks. The parallels to Allende's overthrow are too close.
There is no way that Chavez could be president without sufficient backing from the military, just as Allende needed Gen Schneider(?). In Chile, Pinochet had Schneider assassinated to enable the coup.
In Venezuela Gen Rincon is supposed to be covering Chavez's back. Yet he joined in the aborted coup, then apparently returned to the fold when the coup failed.
How convenient indeed that the dead generals supported Chavez. How convenient that Rincon was on a different helicopter.
Is Rincon going to be Venezuela's Pinochet?
Definitely not good. Damn damn damn.
-- John K. Taber
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