Protesting students met today at Universidad Simon Bolivar to be in an environment protected from the police and decide what they will do next and hold a press conference with the press to explain their plans. They announced they will be marching tomorrow to the National Assembly to “request that the Deputies rectify” in their attitude towards their movement, what they stand for and their right to defend their ideas, ideals and the right to free speech. The march will begin in El Paraiso, in Western Caracas, and end at the Capitol building, although late tonight the students did not yet have the requiere permits.
The Brazilian Senate voted to ask Chavez to reverse the decision to shut down RCTV, which the President not only rejected tonight, but as usual he became a little insulting accusing Brazilian Senators of being subordinated to the interests of the US. This is not likely to sit very well with Brazilian politicians who are not only very Patriotic, but also very independent and less obsessed with the US that our President.
Some pro-Chavez Deputies held a press conference purportedly to show how politicians were controlling the student movement, but the illegally obtained conversations basically showed conversations that any two people in Caracas may have had this week, discussing their involvement or lack thereof in the latest protests. The most laughable part was the threat of using these tapes in building cases against those involved, given the illegal nature of them. Once again this shows the lack of checks and balances in Venezuela, as clearly the Government is taping telephone conversations of its enemies routinely, in violation of the Constitution, the laws and the rights of those involved.
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