Concern: There continue to be reports of people being jailed without explanation, taken to military facilities and denied access to lawyers. The two bodyguards of a Mayor jailed on Friday have even been taken to a jail for common criminals, I get lists of people “missing”, taken and not released. I only know myself one person who was taken away last night from Altamira square and had a gun on himself. He was taken to a military fort and turned over to a civilian Court today.
Concern and Parody: The Government continues to report that only in certain areas of the country or city, where the upper classes live, are the protests taking place. However, not only did the Mayor of Caracas (pro-Chavez) contradict the Minister of Defense on this, but I am getting reports of protests and tear gas in Petare, Catia, La Silsa and Horizonte, not exactly upper class enclaves. (Right now in Petare the municipal police and the Disip (political police) are using tear gas on the crowd.
Parody: The Venezuelan Ambassador to the U.S. held a press conference in Washington where he said that what Chavez said yesterday about Bush and cutting off oil supplies to the U.S. was “only” meant to be a message to Venezuelans and not meant to be a real threat. The Ambassador said that he would send a note to the U.S. State Department explaining this.
This just in: The radio reports that the Valle-Coche highway was closed down and Bolivarian Circles came down to open it and were repelled by protesters.
Ave. Fuerzas Armadas was shutdown, the National Guard came and were “bombed” with glass water bottles from a building without lights.
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