CARACAS, Thursday April 10, 2008 | Update
Venezuelan opposition organizations are staging demonstrations
in Miami and other cities in the United States and the rest
of the world to reject President Hugo Chávez's government,
on the occasion of the 6th anniversary of the violent events
in Caracas in April, 2002 that left 19 dead people and provoked
a brief coup d'état against the Venezuelan ruler.
The protests will be part of a world demonstration named
"No More Chávez." The demonstration was organized by
organizations of Venezuelan emigrants and opposition groups
comprising the network of Resistencia Civil de Venezolanos
en el Exterior (Recivex), reported organizers, as quoted by
AFP.
Similar protests are scheduled to take place in different
towns in Venezuela, Colombia, Puerto Rico, Chile, Canada,
Mexico and several European countries, such as Spain, Switzerland,
Germany and Great Britain, they added.
04:20 PM. Western Hemisphere. Colombian President Álvaro Uribe said on Tuesday that governments should ensure citizens' rights to live on the border, in reference to a political and diplomatic crisis with Venezuela and its effects on border residents.