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Venezuelans protest new Chavez plan

By Crissy at 01/24/07 16:36

Hundreds of Venezuelans protested on Tuesday against a new plan that essentially gives Hugo Chavez total power. The protesters don't want to live in a dictatorship. Opposition leaders want their voices to be heard. The interior minister, who resigned from Chavez‘s government in early 2002, told reporters on Tuesdayh: "This is a government with a hypocritical authoritarianism that tries to sell the world certain democratic appearances."

Original source: New Hope Courier. [404 Check: was link to http:/ / www. onelocalnews. com/ newhopecourier/ ViewArticle. aspx?id=48875&source=2, anchor: Throngs in Venezuela protest Chavez plan]