Re: Para el gringo pastor-colie

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: Caracas, April 12, 2002 : Human Rights Committee : (Interventions and Observations) : I am writing to your Organization, because the situation in Venezuela is very serious. There is prosecution of the former government officers and of a lot of poor people. Yesterday, our president was made prisoner via a media cup (have you ever heard of that before?) after a series of events where 15 people died and 150 were injured. Our president has a large number of people who support him but from the side of the pauper while a certain number of people who belong to the higher social strata oppose him. Via a media show they managed to confuse the population with the clash of the two groups demonstrating. : In this confusion, the army intervened and closed down the state channel where the president had spoken two hours before. What happened here is that the shooting was provoked while the president was giving a speech and the media were showing the two scenarios one of which was showing the shooting to demonstrate the president was lying. He did not know because he was in the Palace and the clash was some blocks away. : The thing is that the POLICE was heading and “ protecting “ the demonstration of the opposing group while the goverment group was at the presidential house. This group had been assembling for three days in front of the presidential house when the visiting protesting group decided to come. They say it was a “pacific” demonstration but it was not. The police and two or three guys in some of the nearby buildings began to shoot down, but in addition the opposing group had some armed people hiding among the demonstrators. The thing is that there are 15 dead people, and none of them from the side of the officialism. THIS WAS TOTALLY PREPARED, as I see the course of events. : This is where the Army decided to intervene and controlled the situation and forced the President to resign. In the meatime, to our surprise we knew in advance because the government had denounced who were attempting to form the NEW goverment but they also said what was being done, although they did not have time to maneuver. The info they give seems to be accurate because so far what they have said is true. : They have never accepted the president because of racism and because they say that ignorance can not prevail over brains, even though he was elected and his party won 7 elections in which we voted a new constitution, we chose governors and majors, we answer to two different questions in a referendum, he was re-elected again under the new constitution. Anyway, four months ago a conspiracy to top down the president, was revealed and this included a step by step strike to end up in a general strike. This was all so true and presented in the state channel, that the people involved and denounced resulted now in the NEW PRESIDENT of transition and the other in the biggest Union President. They were beaten in the elections after 40 YEARS OF CORRUPT government and once again after this show in violation of the Washington Convention and other ASO they pretend to ban the National Assembly and so on. The larger sector of the population who voted for the deposed president is not represented in this Council. Well, they did not consult me either. This is the kind of things they have done always. : Jonathan this is incredible. The 15 people shot down have been the president’s followers and the opposing group is charging him with the deaths, and they are using this reasons as one more to depose him or make him resign. After the state channel was controled by the guard, I turned on the radio for the state channel. There were lots of phone calls of women crying and giving testimonials of what happened. But SO FAR, 24 hours later the private tv has not shown any of the persons or relatives with testimonials. Now CNN or Globovision are showing images of the Police retaliating against women. I also denounce that the press has a big responsibility inciting to violence (if you want to see the news of the two previous days this is plain to see) and today the police was detaining the Justice Minister and the mob was outraged. The Chancellor was abroad and when he arrived to the airport people were waiting for him. We find this is a terrible retaliation that will not be seen or known outside the country. : Another denounce is that this people use rumours in a magnificent way, Somebody said the vice-president was hiding at the Cuban Embassy and the people proceeded to cut the electricity and telephone cables and shut off the water entry to the house in order to force people out. (I just saw a Cuban official in an interview where he alerts the international community about this situation and about their diplomatic representation. : Jonathan, this coup was very well organized (of course the counter intelligence was against the president or would have not failed in discovering) and had the participation of a Governor, three deputies and people who felt insulted. Anyway, what I want to say is that regardless of the reasons, the new goverment is a fraud, violating our constitution and taking resolutions and choosing a council, dissolving all structures. What is worse is that they have the National Guard and the Police totally irrational because they know themselves can be charged and are now trying to create cases against the Government. Well, this is what they have been doing in a lot of official dependencies, by saying that the Government was arming people. No doubt our president has made a lot of mistakes and has a rather peculiar way of saying things but I can give faith that he loves and is in favour of the poor and would have never sacrificed 15 of his people regardless whose group. He was the most interested person in avoiding the opposing group from being harmed because we all knew a dead person would be sufficient. Logic leads you to believe that things would have gone much worse had the dead people been from the opposition group, however, they were not stupid to kill their own. They knew what they were doing. This blood is on their heads, on their hands and on the consciences of all who participated including “the new president” in an enormous CONFABULATION. : It is rather strange that the Fire Department, proceeded to set up a campaing hospital when they had the information the opposition group was heading to the presidential palace hours before they got there. : I think it is necessary to find the testimonials and the witnesses. I tried to contact Amnistia in my country via email to no avail. I have not seen one single Human Rights Activist involved. I have tried to get in contact with Ignacio Ramonet in Le Monde Diplomatique who was here recently and he knows what our Press, money and tecnology are capable of doing: Media Cup. Now, I think Europe gives a different treatment of Human Rights affairs than in America, but perhaps it is only an idea. : The country is quiet in appearances because the supporters of the President have not come out today to demonstrate because they are weak and the others are turning into mobs. What is worse in the “so called” Council NO ONE IS REPRESENTING THEM. I have a question, who is representing their rights? Is a minority going to rule over the majority? Is the Government party going to be banned? The revocatory referendum is a figure we have in our constitution. Why not let people decide? Some analysts think we are in front of a right wing dictatorship. I am afraid a lot of people are going to disappear. This might even end up in a civil war. The kind of poisoning and intoxication of the media have originated the violence in the opposion mobs. This can be proved via documentary files from the own media. : Also, the Journalists working for the state tv and radio stations have disappeared. No one have seen them. It is incredible. What do they have to do with the problem? There is money power here. : Is there any way I can apply for a job as a Human Right Activist? Do I have to be a Lawyer? : Best regards, : Maritza Méndez

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