[Marxism] Bolivarian oil workers and soldiers attacked by local oil company boss

["Fred Feldman" <ffeldman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Class conflict and polarization are rising in Venezuela as the date of
the referendum on Chavez's presidency draws near.
The rightists probably need to provoke some sharp conflict that can be
picked up by the media in the imperialist countries to explain away the
increasingly probable victory of Chavez in the vote.
Fred Feldman



Vheadline.com- http://www.vheadline.com

Published: Friday, July 16, 2004

Bylined to: Philip Stinard

Armed groups associated with PDVSA's

Madail attack petroleum workers in Anaco

Aporrea.org- http://www.aporrea.org


Jose Canache La Rosa reports: Acts of violence took

place Friday morning in Anaco when armed groups

attacked petroleum workers in the Anaco PDVSA District

Gas telecommunications building, causing property

damage.



Petroleum Workers, Chemists, and Marine Workers

(Pequimar) union leader Eudis Girot said that PDVSA

workers had decided to denounce irregularities in the

Anaco PDVSA plant over corporate radio airwaves on

106.3 PDVSA FM. "A group of people affiliated with

Anaco PDVSA Gas manager Wenceslao Madail broke into

the radio station and destroyed PDVSA property,

breaking doors and windows, even overwhelming National

Armed Forces personnel who were providing security to

the installations."


"Army personnel had to fire shots into the air, and

even with that, Madail's groups didn't calm down. They

attacked and broke the facilities where the workers

were making their denunciation."


Girot explained that Army and the National Guard representatives in
Anaco have sponsored conversations between Wenceslao Madail and the
workers who initiated their complaint, "but Madail refused to speak with
the workers. The workers and the communities are continuing their fight,
because the blackmail being perpetrated by the Madail brothers, Alberto
in Maturin and Wenceslao in Anaco, is unsupportable."


The union leader said "Wenceslao Madail's

counterrevolutionary conduct damages the Bolivarian

revolution, and puts resources at the service of the

enemies of President Hugo Chavez Frias' government."

Girot denounced that Madail is setting up a situation

room to monitor the August 15 presidential recall

referendum, "and he is appointing a person openly

opposed to the revolutionary process to be in charge

of this room; for this reason, the patriotic workers

decided to reject Wenceslao Madail and his management,

which is characterized by murky handling of PDVSA

contracts and monies."


"Anaco PDVSA Gas workers have proof and recordings

against Wenceslao Madail, and Pequimar will be there

supporting workers' rights and being very attentive to

Madail's counterrevolutionary conduct. We ask that the

national Executive branch intervene, because we

petroleum workers are already tired of the Madail

brothers. They are profoundly attacking the industry's stability and the
revolutionary process in eastern Venezuela."

STranslated by Philip Stinard


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