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...darkness just before midnight, columns of tanks and troop carriers rumbled into the streets of four Venezuelan cities last week, intent on overthrowing the civilian government. Paratroops and armored units in Caracas, the capital, converged on a nearby air base, the Miraflores presidential palace and La Casona, the official residence of President Carlos Andres Perez...
President Perez thought so himself. "There will not be a coup here," he said when rumors of rebellion swirled last December. "It is an offense to Venezuelan society to mention such a thing." But danger warnings had been increasingly visible since Perez introduced an austerity program two years ago to bring the overheated economy under control...
...coup makers, the shock was that their move generated so little support. The military high command stood with the government; and the Venezuelan people showed that despite their unhappiness with the economy, they were not ready to give up on democracy. Still, some Venezuelans were concerned that the people did not turn out to demonstrate their support for the government or at least their rejection of military coups. In a straw poll taken after the coup, the opposition paper El Nacional found that most citizens rejected the idea of a dictatorship -- but thought the country's democratic system has lost...
...expected to do the same thing when he designated 71 protected areas for other indigenous peoples. Instead, under pressure from the military and mining interests, Collor postponed his decision. Several weeks later, he changed course again. He announced that 36,000 sq. mi. of Amazon rain forest adjoining the Venezuelan sanctuary will be set aside for the undisturbed use of the Yanomami, who roam freely across the area...
...Venezuelan students attending last night's forum said they were guardedly optimistic about their country's future...