¿Hay algo planeado para el 18 de Marzo? Conversación entre opositores en Mérida Por: Unidad de Análisis de los Círculos Bolivarianos de Merida Publicado el Miércoles, 10/03/04 11:03am				imprímelo

Luego de todo lo que hemos visto, por los mismos canales de televisión de la conspiración, observamos como dichas "jineteras" no cesan en su planes desestabilizadores, pués el que piense que ellos (la oposción desquiciada) si les importa la recolección de rúbricas y todo lo demás, está equivocado, ni el referendum, en donde no reunieron la cantidad de firmas necesarias, ni la OEA y ni la familia Carter les sabe a.....m...!

Decimos esto pués integrantes de esta unidad de análisis, escucharon la presente conversación entre personajes que fácilmente pudimos detectar como elementos de

En un local comercial cercano a la Plaza El Llano, lugar este en donde la oposción local tenía puatado realizar un acto en homenaje a la mujer venezolana, observamos una bandera nacional colocada de manera vertical y atada a un poste del alumbrado eléctrico de la mencionada plaza.

Conversación:

-(Pregunta Perencejo) -Que te parece la situación?

-(Responde fulanito) Creo que eso de crear nuevos factores políticos no nos conviene, pués si se dividen en el futuro...desaparecemos!

- Nosotros hemos recibido ofertas de la gente de Salas Romer..Y de otros partidos de Caracas.

(Dice Perencejo) -Bueno, lo mejor es seguir llamando a la desobediencia, mientras continuen los "carajitos" en Caracas al frente de todo, la viana continuará bien!

-No se fijan que el gobierno nacional, no sabe que estratégia tomar....

(Agrega fulanito) -Aquí en Mérida estamos bien, pués los días del golpe de estado (11-A y 12-A), los Círculos Bolivarianos no respondieron en la defensa del gobernador Porras!.

-Eso significa que aquí están mal.

-Debemos esperar hasta el 18 de marzo, y allí tomaremos la decisión!

 

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Lo último del arsenal "no-letal" de los campeones mundiales del atropello permanente a los pueblos: Estrenan armas acústicas en Iraq para causar dolor, migraña y sordera permanente. ¡Ojalá que este tipo de armas sea aplicado a quienes las inventan!

Jutta Schmitt.

 

http://www.commondreams.org/views04/0307-03.htm

 

Published on Sunday, March 6, 2004 by the Los Angeles Times

The Pentagon's Secret Scream Sonic devices that can inflict pain--or even permanent deafness--are being deployed.

by William M. Arkin

SOUTH POMFRET, Vt. — Marines arriving in Iraq this month as part of a massive troop rotation will bring with them a high-tech weapon never before used in combat — or in peacekeeping. The device is a powerful megaphone the size of a satellite dish that can deliver recorded warnings in Arabic and, on command, emit a piercing tone so excruciating to humans, its boosters say, that it causes crowds to disperse, clears buildings and repels intruders. "[For] most people, even if they plug their ears, [the device] will produce the equivalent of an instant migraine," says Woody Norris, chairman of American Technology Corp., the San Diego firm that produces the weapon. "It will knock [some people] on their knees." American Technology says its new product "is designed to determine intent, change behavior and support various rules of engagement." The company is careful in its public relations not to refer to the megaphone as a weapon, or to dwell on the debilitating pain American forces will be able to deliver with it. The military has been equally reticent on the subject. And that's a problem. The new sound weapon might, in some scenarios, save lives. It might provide a good alternative to lethal force in riot situations, as its proponents assert. But the U.S. is making a huge mistake by trying to quietly deploy a new pain-inducing weapon without first airing all of the legal, policy and human rights issues associated with it. This is a weapon unlike any other used by the military, and it is certain to provoke public outcry and the conspiracy theories that often greet new U.S. military technology. If the military feels that its new-style weaponry brings something important to the battlefield, and if testing has shown it to be safe, then why not make our reasoning — and research — transparent to the world? Nonlethal weapons have been promoted by a small circle of boosters for nearly 15 years as something increasingly necessary for the U.S. military in its growing peacekeeping, urban-combat and force-protection missions. Some of the weaponry championed by the group, like rubber bullets, flash-bang grenades and, more recently, electromuscular disruptive devices, or Tasers, has already been deployed. But the more exotic weapons — including acoustic, laser, and high-powered microwave devices — have not until now been fielded, held up by legal and ethical questions. Despite intense lobbying, over the years the Pentagon leadership has been skeptical of such "wonder weapons." In 1995, then-Secretary of Defense William Perry decided to ban Pentagon development of nonlethal laser weapons intended to permanently blind. His decision led to a subsequent international ban. So shouldn't we have a similar discussion about high-intensity sound, which can cause permanent hearing loss or even cellular damage? The new megaphone being deployed to Iraq can operate at 145 decibels at 300 yards, according to American Technology, well above the normal threshold for pain. The company posits a scenario in which Al Qaeda terrorists would run screaming from caves after being subjected to a blast of high-decibel sound from the devices, their hands covering their ears. But in Baghdad or other Iraqi towns, where there are crowds and buildings, the sick and elderly, as well as children, are likely to be in the weapon's range. Proponents of nonlethal weapons argue that pain and hearing loss, if they were to occur, are certainly preferable to death, which is always possible when lethal force is applied. But this argument ignores realities on the ground. Last week, as I watched televised images of angry Iraqis pelting U.S. soldiers with rocks when they arrived to assist those injured in suicide bombings at mosques, I couldn't help but wonder whether the presence of a sound weapon to disperse those crowds would just escalate hostilities. Last month, the Council on Foreign Relations issued a task force report on nonlethal weapons, arguing that their widespread availability might have helped in the immediate post-combat period in Iraq to reduce looting and sabotage. The council threw its weight behind greater investment in these technologies partly based on a Joint Chiefs of Staff "mission needs statement" signed last December. "U.S. military forces lack the ability to engage targets located where the application of lethal [weapon fire] would be counterproductive to overall campaign objectives," the Joint Chiefs concluded. The Council on Foreign Relations recognized that the effect of nonlethal weapons is mostly "psychological — persuading people that they would much rather be someplace else, or on our side rather than opposing U.S. military forces." It warned that "television coverage of encounters involving [nonlethal weapons] can still be repugnant, and it would be desirable to provide reliable information to minimize unwarranted criticism." Yet after paying lip service to the very psychological and political fallout that could result from the employment of novel technologies like acoustic weapons or high-powered microwaves, the council task force urged that prototype nonlethal weapons — that is, weapons just like American Technology's new sound weapon — "be placed with our operating forces" to test their efficacy and create greater demand among combat commanders. Is actual combat in a foreign country the appropriate place to test a new weapon? Apparently, we are about to find out. William M. Arkin is a military affairs analyst who writes regularly for Opinion. E-mail: warkin@igc.org Copyright 2004 Los Angeles Times

The division of labor behind the US-made coup in Haiti

By Bill Van Auken and Barry Grey
5 March 2004

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The US government is engaged in a cynical charade to distance itself from the right-wing terrorists and thugs who marched into the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince over the weekend, leading to the forced resignation and exile of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide.

Bush administration officials have adopted a public posture of repugnance toward the so-called “rebels” and declared they can have no place in a new government which the US, with the aid of the French and the sanction of the United Nations, is seeking to impose on the impoverished Caribbean nation.

Washington, these officials declare, will deal only with the so-called political opposition, i.e., the Group of 184 and the Democratic Platform—organizations entirely dominated by Haiti’s tiny wealthy elite—as well as elements from Aristide’s Lavalas movement who are prepared to join a US-sponsored coalition government.

The distinction being drawn by the US between the right-wing political opposition and the former Haitian army killers, police officials and death squad leaders who dominate the “rebels” is largely fictitious. The Haitian financial elite had supported the Duvalier dictatorship and subsequent military regimes as a necessary means of defending its wealth and privilege against the impoverished masses.

The anti-Aristide “political opposition” worked in the closest collaboration with the “rebels” to organize this week’s coup. They formed a common front, and on Monday, after the US had spirited Aristide out of the country, leaders of the Democratic Platform met with “rebel” leaders in Port-au-Prince. Evans Paul, a former mayor of the capital city and prominent opposition spokesman, praised the “rebels,” particularly their principal commander, Guy Philippe.

The Bush administration gave Philippe’s killers a free hand for several days to occupy the city and terrorize the slum communities that form the main base of support for the deposed president. An unknown number of Aristide partisans were hunted down and killed by Philippe’s thugs, while US Marines who had been sent into Port-au-Prince stood by.

The Haiti Press Network reported Wednesday that “foreign journalists who were allowed access to the [Port-au-Prince] morgue’s chambers said there were hundreds of bodies piled on top of each other. Many of the dead appeared to be victims of the violent unrest that has rocked the nation...”

Several US Marines were deployed to guard the residence of the prime minister, Yvon Neptune, but the rest of his cabinet was forced to either flee the country or go underground.

One of the first acts of the armed thugs upon entering Port-au-Prince under the protection of the US Marines was to storm the penitentiary and free six other senior officers of the disbanded Haitian army, including former military dictator Prosper Avril, who seized power in a 1988 coup. Most of these individuals were serving life sentences on charges of murder and torture, at least three of them having been deported from the US to face their punishment.

American officials have openly acknowledged that key “rebel” leaders are killers and drug traffickers, who played bloody roles in the reign of terror carried out by the Haitian Army under the military junta that ruled for three years in the early 1990s. Yet, notwithstanding their so-called “war on terrorism,” they have not even suggested that these known criminals should be arrested and brought to justice.

A cynical division of labor has been worked out, under the aegis of US imperialism, between American military and diplomatic officials, the Haitian “political opposition” and the “rebels.” The armed thugs are covertly equipped and supported by Washington and allowed to do their bloody work, and then relegated to the background while Washington assembles a puppet regime dominated by the Haitian elite. Whatever role the “rebel” leaders officially play in a new regime, or even if they play no role at present, they are to be protected and held in reserve, to be called on again whenever it becomes necessary to unleash a new round of terror and murder on the masses.

On Wednesday, Philippe, a former police chief and reputed drug trafficker, announced that his forces would lay down their arms and abandon positions they had seized in the center of Port-au-Prince.

US officials had insisted that they were “sending a message” to Philippe and other “rebel” leaders that they would not be allowed to seize power. “The fact of the matter is they pledged to lay down their arms when President Aristide resigned, and so we are holding them to their pledge,” declared US Ambassador to Haiti James Foley.

“There is an orderly and constitutional process underway in Haiti,” said State Department spokesman Richard Boucher. “That process needs to be respected by all Haitians, but we’re glad to see the violence is decreasing. But the rebels have no role to play in this process, and they need to lay down their arms and go home.”

White House spokesman Scott McClellan made the same point somewhat more forcefully on Wednesday: “Our message to the rebels, or the so-called rebels, has been very clear: the rebels need to put their arms down and return home. There is no place for thugs, criminals, and the so-called rebels in Haiti’s political system.”

Yet the commander of the US forces in Haiti, Marine Col. Charles Gurganis, called Philippe “a man of honor” after meeting with him at the US embassy. Similarly, Interim President Boniface Alexandre, in his first address to the nation since being installed in a ceremony organized by the US embassy after Aristide was spirited out of the country, described Philippe and his cohorts as “patriotic men of honor.”

Contrast this approach to the US actions in Iraq, where the Bush administration repeatedly cites human rights abuses by the former Ba’athist regime as a supposed justification for its military intervention. There, US troops were provided playing cards featuring photographs of former members of the regime to be hunted down and imprisoned. Whatever crimes some of these officials may have carried out, unlike their Haitian counterparts from the Duvalier dictatorship and the military regimes of Generals Avril and Raoul Cedras, none of them had ever been convicted.

US authorities have no interest in pursuing Haiti’s convicted mass killers because they have been working intimately with them and will continue to do so.

From the moment it came into office, the Bush administration has been committed to Aristide’s overthrow. The Republican right has long hated the former Silesian priest for his association with the mass movement that toppled the Duvalier dictatorship and for his populist and anti-imperialist rhetoric. No matter how much Aristide groveled before Washington and accepted the dictates of the International Monetary Fund and other international lenders to impose austerity policies upon the already desperately poor Haitian people, it did not assuage this enmity.

Backed by Washington, which provided it financial aid via the National Endowment for Democracy, the right-wing political opposition in Haiti staged one provocation after another, turning a procedural dispute over the 2000 legislative election into an international scandal that was then used as a pretext for denying Haiti international aid and deepening the country’s economic and political crisis.

Despite this crisis and dwindling popular support for Aristide, no amount of backing from the Bush administration could create mass popular support for bringing the wealthy sweatshop owners and businessmen gathered in the Group of 184 and the Democratic Platform to power. Other means were required.

This was why Philippe, Louis-Jodel Chamberlain and the other convicted killers and torturers of the so-called “rebels”—men who had been trained by US forces and worked on the CIA payroll—were unleashed upon the Haitian people.

Throughout the three weeks before Aristide was forced out, the Bush administration rejected any military intervention to stop the killing. It went through the motions of brokering an agreement between Aristide and the so-called political opposition in order to give the “rebels” the time they needed to march on the capital. When the US-backed “democrats” intransigently rejected any compromise, Washington insisted that it was Aristide who had to go.

Speaking before a Congressional panel Wednesday, Assistant Secretary of State Roger Noriega—a key architect of the coup—cynically claimed that the US failed to act before Aristide’s ouster because it had been seen as too dangerous and would “put American lives at risk.” This, he said, was because Aristide—who acceded to every US demand—was “erratic, irresponsible.” Yet the moment the elected president was removed from office, a waiting US Marine expeditionary force was rushed to the island nation.

There is every reason to believe that the division of labor between US military forces, the so-called democrats and the “rebels” will continue, no matter what the official pronouncements about Philippe and his associates disarming. The former army officer and police chief only said that his gunmen had been withdrawn to an undisclosed location, and no weapons have been turned over.

Whether Philippe and his henchmen will realize their dream of reconstituting the hated Haitian army under their leadership remains to be seen. For now, the “rebels” will be used to continue hunting down and killing Aristide supporters and terrorizing the population so that a regime acceptable to Washington can be installed without popular interference.

See Also:
As Marines occupy Port-au-Prince: Reign of terror follows US-backed coup in Haiti
[3 March 2004]
US Marines occupy Haitian capital amid charges Aristide was kidnapped
[2 March 2004]
The overthrow of Haiti’s Aristide: a coup made in the USA
[1 March 2004]
US and France target Haiti's elected president for removal
[28 February 2004]
Does Haiti’s “non-violent” opposition want a bloodbath in Port-au-Prince?
[26 February 2004]
Washington utilizes rightist terror to effect “regime change” in Haiti
[25 February 2004]

New York Times editorial: Repairing a Recall in Venezuela

A New York Times editorial, published Tuesday, notes that after years of political unrest, including an abortive coup in 2002, last year Venezuelans agreed to resolve their differences through peaceful electoral means. As they struggle over whether there is to be a recall vote, President Hugo Chavez and the opposition parties need to abide by their commitment to democracy.

Venezuela's Constitution provides for a Presidential recall election if it is demanded by 20% of the electorate ... some 2.4 million voters. Late last year, Chavez opponents submitted petitions with 3.4 million signatures. Last week, Venezuela's electoral council ruled that only 1.8 million of those were fully valid, but noted that problems with the others could be addressed in an appeals process.

Leaders of the petition drive and international observers were dismayed at the large number of disqualifications. Opponents of President Chavez are now trying to decide whether to reject the commission as hopelessly biased, or to negotiate the rules that will govern the appeals process for disqualified petitioners. Negotiations are by far the more promising route.

Hugo Chavez, the populist former army colonel who led a failed coup attempt in 1992, has been a polarizing figure since Venezuela's voters swept him into office five years ago. Large numbers of the poor see him as the first modern president who has really tried to improve their lives. But he is seen as a dictator in the making by plenty of others, including the traditional political parties, the business elites, labor unions and many in the news media.

As long as Mr. Chavez continues to abide by the rules of Venezuela's constitutional democracy, his opponents are obliged to do the same ... they can claim no popular or legal mandate for turning to unconstitutional methods, as they did in 2002.

• The Bush administration has so openly allied itself with the anti-Chavez camp that it would be hard for it to play a mediating role.

Less compromised institutions like the Organization of American States and the Carter Center (the former US President's respected election-monitoring group), were instrumental last year in persuading both sides to follow the Constitution.

Their help is again needed to persuade opposition leaders not to abandon it now, and to urge election officials to agree to a fair and transparent process -- with international monitoring -- that gives petitioners an adequate chance to confirm their challenged signatures.

The New York Times exhorta a la oposición venezolana acatar la Constitución. Gobierno de Bush es tan antichavista que no puede jugar papel de mediador Por: Venpres Publicado el Martes, 09/03/04 06:48pm				imprímelo mándaselo a tus panas

Por Teresa Maniglia

Esta es una pregunta que ha girado por todo el mundo cuando llegan a la reflexión de la situación en la República Bolivariana de Venezuela.

Para muchos, es incomprensible que este hombre, con todas las cosas malas que sus adversarios dicen que tiene, siga tan fuerte en su país.

• ¿Sabía usted que Hugo Chávez ha pasado por 7 procesos de consulta electoral que van desde su propia candidatura hasta la decisión popular de aprobar o no la nueva Constitución de la República?


• ¿Sabía usted que en 5 años ha ganado 2 veces las elecciones y la segunda vez obtuvo más votos que la primera?


• ¿Sabía usted que después de 5 años en el poder su popularidad supera el 54% a nivel nacional?


• ¿Sabía usted que en Abril del 2002 le dieron un golpe de estado y todo el país se lanzó a las calles a reclamar su regreso y en 47 horas el pueblo lo llevó nuevamente al Palacio de Miraflores?

Alguna vez usted se ha preguntado:

¿Por qué Chávez sigue tan fuerte y su pequeño grupo de opositores no logra tener éxito para que se retire?

A continuación le ofrecemos algunas de las cosas que ha hecho Hugo Chávez en lo que va de este año 2004.

1. Creación de la Misión Vuelvan Caracas, para disminuir hasta un 5% el desempleo.

2. El Proyecto Universidad Bolivariano fue presentado en el Congreso Mundial Universidad 2004 y resultó de un gran impacto por ser el único modelo en el mundo con tanto éxito en tan poco tiempo:

* Este año 20 mil estudiantes que no tenían cupo comenzarán clases en la nueva Universidad Bolivariana que se acondiciona en el sector El Helicoide de Caracas. La Segunda Universidad bolivariana para esta ciudad en menos de 1 año.
* Apertura de la Universidad Bolivariana en Maracay. Estado Aragua
* Donación de la Residencia Presidencial de Maracay, Estado Aragua para que funcionen en su sede los Comandos militares de la región.
* Anuncio de creación de una sede de la Universidad Bolivariana en Guacara. Estado Carabobo en instalaciones que pertenecían a Petróleos de Venezuela.

3. En la Universidad Bolivariana del Zulia se gradúan por primera vez en el país 161 cooperativistas de las comunidades.

4. En la ciudad de Punto Fijo, Estado Falcón se acondicionan instalaciones de Petróleos de Venezuela para abrir otra sede de la Universidad Bolivariana.

5. En la reunión anual de la UNESCO en Francia reconocieron los logros de Venezuela en materia educativa.

6. La Misión Barrio Adentro que significa atención para las zonas más necesitadas ya opera a nivel nacional. En materia de salud sólo en el mes de enero se atendieron gratuitamente 6.218.305 de personas.

7. A través de la Misión Robinson, hasta este momento 680.435 estudiantes nuevos están concluyendo en forma gratuita la educación primaria.

8. La Misión Ribas tiene ya 400.000 estudiantes

9. La Misión Sucre cuenta con 81.600 bachilleres incorporados

Como un paso para concretar la integración de los pueblos, tal y como lo exigen los tiempos actuales, el Presidente inauguró en el Estado Bolívar el Foro Social Panamazónico.

10. Rusia invertirá en Venezuela específicamente en el área del aluminio, considerado uno de los mejores del mundo.

11. China anuncia que invertirá en el 2004 en Venezuela 1.400 millones de dólares.

12. Anuncio de la Construcción del Acueducto Bolivariano de Occidente en el Estado Falcón.

13. Reapertura de la Mina de Oro Sosa Méndez en el Estado Bolívar con inversión directa de China.

14. Fortalecimiento de las relaciones con Colombia, coordinaciones para atender problemas fronterizos, de delincuencia, contrabando y narcotráfico.

15. Reunión del Grupo de los 15 en Caracas

16. Fortalecimiento de las relaciones con la India

17. La venta de carros familiares en Venezuela aumentaron a 51.4% en el mes de enero. Superior a Diciembre que fue de un 11%.

18. Las ventas en enero de vehículos ensamblados en Venezuela totalizaron 6.138 unidades.

19. Hasta el 8 de febrero las reservas internacionales totalizan 22.436 millones de dólares.

20. CADIVI abre el cupo de 2000$ para tarjetas de crédito

21. La Bolsa de Valores de Caracas lidera a las Bolsas del mundo, por ser la primera en crecimiento sostenido

22. Al cierre de Enero de 2004 CADIVI autorizó 11.630 millones de dólares.

23. El 74% de la población rechaza regresar al pasado bipartidista que existía en Venezuela.

24. En un mes se instalaron 100 Mercal (Mercados Populares)

25. Respeto a las decisiones que tome el Consejo Nacional Electoral en materia de elecciones referendarias.

26. Expansión de cobertura de los medios del estado venezolano

27. Compromiso crecido con el pueblo del Presidente Chávez

28. Aprobación de 6.7 millardos de bolívares para el traslado de la base científica en Isla de Aves

29. Aprobación de 25 millardos de bolívares para el financiamiento del trolebús del Estado Mérida.

30. Aprobación de 27.5 millones de dólares para la construcción de la Línea 3 del Metro de Caracas.

31. Anuncio del incremento de construcción de viviendas para familias de bajos recursos económicos.

32. Anuncio del incremento de becas-estudio y becas- salario para los venezolanos con menores recursos económicos. Hasta el momento se han entregado a 100 mil personas.

33. Inauguración de más escuelas bolivarianas para superar la meta de las 4 mil en total para el primer semestre.

Sabía usted que....

* El 2 de Febrero casi un millón de personas se aproximaron al Palacio de Miraflores en Caracas, para saludar al Presidente con motivo de los 5 años de Gobierno.
* El 4 de Febrero 2 millones de personas se reunieron en el Hipódromo la Rinconada para celebrar los 12 años de los hechos de 1992 que definitivamente dividieron en dos períodos la historia contemporánea de Venezuela
* Que el Presidente tiene desde hace 5 años un programa de radio y TV de opinión y participación popular y es el primero en sintonía.
* En Monterrey, México, fue el presidente más solicitado por todos los periodistas del mundo que acudieron a la cobertura de la Cumbre Extraordinaria de las Américas y en un solo día le formularon 103 peticiones de entrevistas particulares.

¿Por qué Hugo Chávez?

* Definitivamente porque nació de una decisión popular. Digan lo que digan los pequeños grupos que controlan grandes sumas de dinero, el colectivo, el país, los habitantes de la República a la cual Chávez le puso el apellido Bolivariana, decidieron que él era su líder.
* Chávez es para la República Bolivariana de Venezuela, la posibilidad de un mañana mejor para el colectivo, no para unos pocos como ocurrió en el pasado.
* Chávez es la materialización del hombre honesto y amante de país que tanto necesita el continente.

Por eso Chávez... porque a Venezuela, le llegó ¡Por Fin! La hora de avanzar.

* Teresa Maniglia es periodista venezolana  

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Machiques Presos mercenarios que acosaban al campesinado en el Estado Zulia Por: Leonor Argüelles / Panorama Digital Publicado el Martes, 09/03/04 10:16am				imprímelo mándaselo a tus panas

Attorney General orders protection measures for Globovision reporters and others

Venezuela's Attorney General's Office has asked the government to provide protection measures in favor of Globovision journalists, Johnny Ficarella, Judith Carrasquilla and 5 camera crew, along with 8 other journalists roughed up during the Friday (February 27) disturbances.

Attorney General Isaias Rodriguez says he condemns the outbreaks of violence and has ordered an immediate opening of investigations to clear up each alleged human rights denunciation.

Answering opposition charges of his office's traditional lethargy in dealing with opposition complaints against government officials and Armed Force (FAN) personnel, the Attorney General insists that there will be no discrimination against people leveling charges whether they be pro or anti-government, as long as they have a case.

However, he did point out that there is a line between the State's duty to protect itself as stipulated in the 1999 Constitution Article 326 and excesses ... "State security is the co-responsibility of the State and the civil sector to guarantee democracy, equality, peace and justice."

In the meantime, the opposition Coordinadora Democratica (CD) has released the following breakdown of casualties during last week's violence ( February 27-March 3) in Venezuela:

11 deaths, 1,758 injured and 410 prisoners.

At a press conference, CD leaders presented people claiming they had been tortured with electricity and beaten by the National Guard (GN), State Security & Political (DISIP) Police, and pro-government sympathizers.

Miranda State Christian Socialist (COPEI) Youth general secretary, Jonathan Pati appeared in a wheelchair saying a man wearing a red beret fired on him from a squatter building during the February 27th march in Caracas.

Altamira protester, Adolfo Alejos (33) talked about being arrested by the GN, having his faced sprayed with paralyzer gas and a FAL assault rifle stuck in his mouth in mock execution ... "they put cables around my neck electrocuting me several times, while shouting opposition slogans at me."  Bernardo Sanchez says he was shot in the knee by GN pellets and claims that one GN was a Cuban, who told him they were going "to kill'em all."

Promover asambleas en todas las barriadas para la ejecución de planes de contingencia popular.

Realizar asambleas cívico-militares para la articulación de acciones del movimiento popular con la labor de la FAN y las policías leales al gobierno en el control de los disturbios generados por el fascismo.

Llamar al pueblo a organizarse en los Bloques de Integración del Movimiento Popular, Redes de Inteligencia Social y de Movilización Inmediata en los sectores capitalinos del Noroeste, Sur Oeste, Sur, Sucre y Junquito, Petare, Centro, Baruta, Vargas y poblaciones mirandinas cercanas a Caracas. ¡Acude a tu plaza o a las sedes de las organizaciones populares de tu zona, organízate e incorpórate a la movilización!

Mantener el alerta y movilización permanente del movimiento popular y las comunidades para neutralizar los intentos fascistas en nuestros espacios territoriales, con las medidas de seguridad pertinentes. Rechazo contundente a cualquier instigación al saqueo por los alborotadores fascistas.

Concentrarnos diariamente en las plazas de nuestros barrios y parroquias, para iniciar desde allí acciones de protesta y de movilización contra los medios psico-terroristas y a favor de medidas de intervención sobre la Policía Metropolitana y otras policías de estados y municipios controlados por el golpismo terrorista. FUERA EL FASCISTA PEÑA: ¡CONFORMEMOS UN GOBIERNO POPULAR METROPOLITANO!

Ejercer presión popular para exigir que la Fiscalía General y  los Tribunales  terminen de una vez por todas con la impunidad del golpismo terrorista, procediendo a la detención y juicio de los golpistas e instigadores y ejecutores  de acciones fascistas y asesinatos.

Sumarnos a toda acción de masas que sea necesaria para la defensa del gobierno constitucional frente al fascismo y para salir al paso a cualquier forma de intromisión o intervencionismo del gobierno de Bush y los instrumentos internacionales del imperialismo en los asuntos del pueblo venezolano.

Desarrollar la unidad del movimiento popular con las organizaciones sindicales clasistas y revolucionarias como la Unión Nacional de Trabajadores (UNT). ¡Por la unidad de acción obrera y popular!

Convocar a movilización general el día jueves 4 de marzo para el cierre de los medios golpistas y su sometimiento a control social.