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Titolo: [Venezuela]Sciopero finito! (e fallito)

La prova piu' lampante del fallimento dello sciopero e delle opposizioni
:))
-Stefano
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http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/americas/01/30/venezuela.strike.ap/index.html
Venezuelan drive to oust Chavez shifts strategy to early elections
Thursday, January 30, 2003 Posted: 9:01 PM EST (0201 GMT)
 
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- With many opponents of President Hugo Chavez
preparing to return to work, Venezuelans leading a 60-day-old strike
shifted tactics, diving headlong into an initiative to shorten his
six-year term with international help. 
After two grueling months, strike organizers have agreed to let shopping
malls, banks, franchises and schools reopen next week. Meanwhile,
production continues to creep upward in the vital oil industry, where
the walkout has been strongest. 
As diplomats from six nations arrived in Caracas Thursday to push for
early elections, opposition leaders were planning a petition drive to
support several measures, including a proposed constitutional amendment
that would: 
•  Cut presidential terms from six years to four 
•  Hold new presidential and congressional elections this year 
•  Create a new elections council to organize any vote 
•  Get the Supreme Court to determine when, exactly, a recall vote on
Chavez's presidency can be held 
•  Allow Chavez and legislators to seek re-election 
Similar ideas were floated by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter during
a recent visit to Caracas. The government said it was studying the
opposition's proposal but won't allow it to shorten Chavez's term. 
Diplomats from the United States, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Portugal and
Spain -- dubbed the "Group of Friends" of Venezuela -- planned a private
dinner meeting late Thursday with Cesar Gaviria, secretary general of
the Organization of American States. Gaviria has mediated talks here
since November. 
The envoys, including Curt Struble, acting U.S. assistant secretary of
state for the Western Hemisphere, planned meetings with Chavez and the
opposition on Friday. 
Gaviria said the diplomats can monitor compliance with any electoral
pact and reduce tensions that have led to six deaths since the strike
began December 2. "The country can't sustain more tension," he said. 
Strike leader Manuel Cova of the Venezuelan Workers Confederation said
Thursday a new presidential election could be held as early as March. 
"To do this we need the guarantees of the international community," Cova
said. "If we don't do it this year, we'll be in prison, or in exile,
there won't be press freedom. ... We must do it this year." 
Chavez had welcomed Carter's ideas about early elections. But he also
has threatened to abandon the OAS-mediated talks, saying he won't
negotiate with "terrorists." 
Chavez failed to expand the "Friends" to include governments more
sympathetic to his populist revolution. He has since warned the
diplomats not to interfere in internal affairs. 
The opposition called the strike to demand a nonbinding referendum on
Chavez's rule in February, as petitioned by 2 million Venezuelan voters.
It later upped the ante to demand Chavez's ouster. 
But the Supreme Court, citing a technicality, indefinitely postponed the
referendum. Chavez, elected in 2000 to a six-year term, shows no signs
of leaving. 
The deadlock has hobbled production in the world's No. 5 oil exporter.
Analysts predict the economy will shrink 25 percent this year after an 8
percent contraction last year. 
The government has cut its 46 trillion bolivar (US$25 billion) 2003
budget by 10 percent and announced Thursday it will cut the state-owned
oil monopoly's 15 trillion bolivar ($8 billion) budget by 5 trillion
bolivars ($2.7 billion) to offset oil losses. 
Oil accounts for half of government income and 30 percent of Venezuela's
185 trillion bolivar ($100 billion) gross domestic product. 
Chavez says oil production has reached 1.4 million barrels a day, and
exports 1 million barrels a day -- a third of pre-strike export levels. 
Dissident oil executives say production is about 1 million barrels and
exports half that. Venezuela still must import gasoline. 
PDVSA said a key oil loading terminal in Puerto La Cruz in eastern
Venezuela resumed operating on an automated basis, making it likely that
tanker loadings of 30,000 barrels per day will increase. The terminal
loaded 800,000 barrels a day before the strike. 
A refinery in the U.S. Virgin Island of St. Croix operated by PDVSA and
the U.S. Hess Corp. received its first shipment of Venezuelan crude
since December, Amerada Hess said Thursday. 
After spending more than 130 billion bolivars ($70 million) a day to
support the currency, the government suspended sales of U.S. dollars
until it unveils currency controls next week. 
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 antiglobalización para buscar apoyos en el exterior.
* Venezuela quiere Vida y Libertad *
-- 
Ciao,
    Mariuccia® /Maracay(Edo. Aragua) *Venezuela.

 
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Se lo dicono loro :))
-Stefano

 ha scritto nel messaggio
news:hbql3vcm68u66tpla...@4ax.com...
Non posso che sottoscrivere quanto hai scritto, ed augurarmi che la
sconfitta dei nemici del popolo, sia solo rimandata,
Ciao
Ad'I

¦ sconfitta dei nemici del popolo, sia solo rimandata,
Grazie di cuore, Arduino.
Che la Forza sia coi giusti, di qualunque parte essi siano.
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