U.S suffers a major reverse in Latin America Posted: Monday, April 15, 2002
In a dramatic twist, the democratically elected President of Venezuela has made an unexpected comeback when the US inspired military coup plotters realized that they had seriously miscalculated the level of his popular support and that they now faced a major revolt by pro-Chavez supporters and troops still loyal to the President throughout much of the country. Indeed it is rumored that many junior and middle ranking military officers refused to fire on Chavez supporters who stormed the Presidential Palace on Saturday and apparently did not fully support American interference in Venezuelan politics. MORE
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