Disclaimer - The following article is reposted here because it is an issue with some relevance to the IWW. The views of the author do not necessarily agree with those of the IWW and vice versa.
The IWW has no connections to "Hands of Venezuela", the Venezuelan state, or Hugo Chavez. This article specifically relates to workers and the IWW because of the AFL-CIO's apparent meddling in thw democratic affairs of workers in nations where the AFL-CIO has no organized presence.
By Kim Scipes via Hands Off Venezuela
In April 2002, following a general strike led by oil company management and collaborating labor union leaders in Venezuela, parts of the Venezuelan military launched a coup to remove democratically-elected President Hugo Chavez Frias from office. After physically removing Chavez from the presidential palace in Caracas, Miraflores, the head of the national business confederation, FEDECAMARAS, Pedro Carmona, was sworn into office.2
