Caracas, Venezuela Culminating three days of a general strike and violence on the streets of Caracas that left scores of casualties, the Venezuelan military forced President Hugo Chávez from office. The action did not come as a surprise, given the increasing aggressiveness of the opposition, which includes Venezuela’s largest business and labor organizations, media outlets and political parties. But then a… return to article
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