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Venezuela: Street protests tantamount to rebellion
 [Iran Press TV Latest] Venezuela's top prosecutor has said that the recent street protests tantamount to 'rebellion' against President Hugo Chavez's government. "People who disturb order and the peace to create instability of institutions, to destabilize the government, or attack the democratic system, we are going to charge and try them," Attorney General Luisa Ortega said in a statement. The move by the Attorney General capped a week of huge street protests, mostly directed against a new education law that critics say is politically charged. Ortega claimed that opposition groups were looking for "any reason to march, to create chaos, whatever they can, what they want is to destabilize, even by encouraging people to disobey the law." Last Saturday, thousands of marchers protested against a new education law while police used tear gas to break up the crowds and keep them from marching to the country's National Assembly. Posted by: Fred 2009-08-30 |
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