At least 100,000 anti-government protesters staged a candlelight march in Caracas late Saturday, converging on a city highway waving national flags, flashlights and flaming torches. Caracas Fire Chief Rodolfo Briceno estimated that the march drew at least 100,000 people. Protesters cut off traffic as they demanded President Hugo Chavez's resignation and voiced support for a 7-week-old strike called by business and labor groups to force a nonbinding referendum on Chavez's rule. "We don't want this totalitarian regime that the president wants to impose," said Carolina Serrano, 25, dressed in jeans colored in the yellow, blue and red of the Venezuelan flag and shielding a candle from the evening breeze. "We're tired of so much abuse of power."
Hugo is Sammy's very good friend. Coincidental that Venezuela's oil production is shut down at the moment? Could be, since he's a pain in the nether regions in his own right, but it could also be manufactured because he wants to help a more successful dictator. |