Venezuela ruling party resists OAS

[Joanne98]

Venezuela ruling party resists OAS
Recall petition 'repairs' process starts Friday
Thursday, May 27, 2004 Posted: 7:52 AM EDT (1152 GMT)



Chavez greets supporters at a rally in Caracas on Sunday, May 16.





CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- Leaders of President Hugo Chavez's political party demanded Wednesday that an official from the Organization of American States step down as head of an observer mission monitoring a petition process for a presidential recall vote.
http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/americas/05/27/venezuela.recall.ap/index.html

[ret5hd]

1. no surprise from cnn...misleading headline...

he is not resisting the oas, he wants a biased official replaced.

[Joanne98]

2. I know. He just can't get a break.

[bemildred]

3. They accused Allende of wanting a "Cuba style dictatorship" too,

We haven't learned any new tricks in a hundred years.
Allende was at least a pinko, Chavez carrys nobodies card.
It sounds like they (the opposition) are worried that the
"repair process" is going to be embarassing.

[On the Road]

4. Can't Make Up My Mind About the Recall

It's certainly another battle in the united effort to remove Chavez by legal or illegal means. He's shown remarkable restraint given the circumstances.

On the other hand, if the recall is in the constitution and 60% of the signatures are legitimate (2.4 needed out of 3.4 submitted), then Chavez needs to let it go ahead. He should not be suckered into becoming a dictator.

[Judi Lynn]

5. Here's a link to the thread on his statement to the Washington Post

indicating he welcomes a recall:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=585272

The Post also took time to try to rip him a new one, in response.

On edit:

See another Chavez thread at:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x581460