Acording to the Management of the oil Industry, only 20% of national flights took off today with most international cancelled. In the Metropolitan area some dispatch og gasoline reestablished by the military. 30% of the gas stations are out of gas in Caracas. In the East 90% of gas stations is out of gas. In the West 95% of gas stations are out of gas. 44 tankers are anchored in the Coast of the country. 1.9 million out of 2.8 million barrels of oil is not being produced daily. 80% of gas production is shutdown. All refineries are shut down. Electric supplies are OK.
Right now (10.30 PM) Chavez’ Bolvarian Circles have surrounded two TV stations, shouting slogans. This appears to be a sign that the Government may be ready to escalate violence.
Curiously, four of the people detained on Friday night after the massacre, were realeased today even before ballistic tests had come back from the lab throwing into question the partiality of the investigation.
On a positive note, the Secretary General of the OAS announced that the Government offered to consider having elections under certain conditions. The opposition replied that only if the elections take place in the first quarter of 2003.
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