[Marxism] Chavez: Time to Thwart Destabilization plan

[Greg McDonald <sabocat59@xxxxxxx>]

Chavez Urges Venezuelans to Be Alert
Caracas, Apr 19 (Prensa Latina) Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez  
called on authorities and the people on Thursday to thwart any  
conspiracy using mobilization as a pretext to protest the decision of  
not renewing the concession to a TV network. Speaking at a gathering  
with activists for the formation of Venezuela's Socialist United  
Party (PSUV), Chavez explained that everybody has the right to  
convene marches, but he urged the people to remember what happened in  
2002, when a coup d' Etat was perpetrated. He recalled that then,  
some irresponsible opposition party leaders and US-manipulated  
members of the oligarchy convened marches to massacre these people  
later in order to justify the coup, foreign intervention or his  
assassination. The Venezuelan president said those subversive actions  
were supported by most private TV networks. I insist, the Government  
is duty-bound to carry out all efforts to guarantee public order and  
the life of citizens, and thwart any conspiracy plan, but the people  
must be alert, he stressed. "Every 11 will have its 13," he said, in  
reference to April 11, when the coup was carried out and two days  
later he was back in power by joint action of the people and military  
officers who respected the Constitution. Previously, Minister of  
Interior and Justice, Pedro Carreno, said that the opposition was  
forging a subversive plan to heat the street before May 27, the  
expiry date of the concession to Radio Caracas Television (RCTV). The  
Government said it won't be renewed because of continuous violations  
of Venezuelan law. The opposition mobilization began today with a pro- 
RCTV march to the Caracas representation of the Organization of  
American States (OAS). Organizers admitted a low turnout and said  
they were planning a larger demonstration on April 21. Carreno linked  
the subversive plan to a bomb attack against a security building in  
the state of Miranda, and warned that no peace-breaching disturbance  
will be tolerated.

Venezuela Warns against Subversion
Caracas, Apr 19 (Prensa Latina) After the international success of  
the First South American Energy Summit, Venezuela is ready to face a  
domestic challenge that some sources have described as a plot.  In  
the light of subversive actions scheduled for late May, when the  
concession to a private TV channel will expire, Venezuela's defense  
minister, General in Chief Raul Baduel, called the people to be  
peaceful and that good sense prevails. "Those who insist in taking  
violent actions are dissociated from the sentiment of the majority of  
the Venezuelan people," warned Baduel on Wednesday, when he also  
called to "reinforce that peaceful vocation." Other Venezuelan  
personalities have also warned against a "large-scale" destabilizing  
plot against the government of President Hugo Chavez. According to  
them, there is a plan to "heat the street" with demonstrations  
against the government for refusing to renew RCTV's permit, which  
expires on May 27, to use the radio-electric space. The tactic is  
aimed at taking violent actions, because the opposition has  
repeatedly failed to win the elections since 1998, due to Chavez's  
growing popularity. The head of State's project aims to establish  
socialism in Venezuela, for which purpose he called a constitutional  
reform and urged all left-wing political forces to unite in a single  
party. However, local observers like former Vice President Jose  
Vicente Rangel have warned the opposition against violence, as no  
good results have come out of it in the past and it is the main cause  
of the demise of those parties. Those violent actions include the  
coup d'etat in April 2002, which was defeated in less than 48 hours  
by the people and constitutional military officers, and an  
entrepreneurial strike that paralyzed major economic sectors in the  
country.









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