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Demanding an end to US coups

18 September 2008
Written by Paul Haste and Charley Allan - Morning Star
Paul Haste and Charley Allan witness London’s Latin American community and British trade unionists and MPs come together in solidarity (Morning Star, Friday September 19 2008)

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Preparing for US invasion

16 September 2008
Written by Charley Allan - Morning Star

(Morning Star, Wednesday September 17 2008) Exactly 35 years after a CIA-orchestrated coup brought down Salvador Allende's socialist government in Chile, the political climate in Latin America is boiling over and now threatens to explode.

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U.S. Retaliates against its Ambassador’s Expulsion from Venezuela

15 September 2008
Written by Gregory Wilpert – Venezuelanalysis.com
Reacting to the expulsion of its ambassador to Venezuela, the Bush administration attempted to retaliate by expelling the already withdrawn Venezuelan ambassador to the U.S.

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Venezuelan Government to Investigate Coup Plot

15 September 2008
Written by James Suggett - Venezuelanalysis.com
Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez confirmed that several people have been detained for suspected involvement in a recently foiled plot to assassinate him and to take over federal government buildings.

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Coup Plot Against Chavez Disclosed on Venezuelan TV

12 September 2008
Written by Tamara Pearson - Venezuelanalysis.com
On Wednesday night Mario Silva, on the program "La Hojilla" (The Razor Blade) showed a recording from an unidentified source in which various military personnel, some retired and some active, were planning a coup against Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez.

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Chavez Orders U.S. Ambassador to Leave Venezuela Within 72 Hours

12 September 2008
Written by Jose Orozco and Matthew Walter - Bloomberg
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez ordered the U.S. ambassador to leave within 72 hours, in a show of support for Bolivian President Evo Morales, who also expelled the top U.S. diplomat from his country.

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Chávez Declares Support for Venezuelan Indigenous Occupying Ancestral Lands

29 August 2008
Written by James Suggett - Venezuelanalysis.com
Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez pledged decisive support Sunday for the Yukpa indigenous people who have occupied 14 large estates in the northwestern state of Zulia to demand legal title to their ancestral lands.

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Accusations of Terrorism and Anti-Semitism Leveled by L.A. Times

29 August 2008
Written by Venezuela Information Office
The Los Angeles Times continued its trend of biased reporting on Venezuela yesterday, running an article that claims the radical group Hezbollah is tolerated - even supported - by the Chavez administration. Help us remind the Times that Venezuela does not support terrorism, and demand that they correct the record!

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Solidarity with the workers of INAF, Inveval, Gotcha and MDS

28 August 2008
Written by FRETECO
We have received the following appeal from the comrades of FRETECO (Revolutionary front of workers of the occupied factories) in Venezuela. The workers of one of the occupied factories, INAF, are being threatened with eviction from the factory on August 30th by the former boss. Please support workers’ control and sign this resolution! (Also in Spanish)

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