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Fair venezuela Original Source Link: (May no longer be active)    http://www.accuracy.org/press_releases/PR041502.htm http://www.accuracy.org/press_releases/PR041502.htm DANIEL HELLINGER, hellindc@webster.edu Professor of political science at Webster University in St. Louis and author of Venezuela: Tarnished Democracy, Hellinger said today: "One of the things that provoked the attempted coup is that Chavez was trying to take back power from the state-owned oil company, which he regarded as becoming a state-within-a-state. It's clear from the U.S. reaction that there was U.S. support for the coup." EDGARDO LANDER, elanderl@etheron.net Professor of sociology at the Universidad Central de Venezuela, Lander said today: "This was an attempted military coup with a pro-business government. They attempted to do away with virtually the entire constitutional structure. One of the most important policies of the Chavez government has been the defense of oil prices. The coup included most of the business interests, some sectors of labor and the very important role of the mass media, especially the main newspapers and all the commercial television networks." GREGORY WILPERT, wilpert@cantv.net, www.zmag.org, www.zmag.org/content/LatinAmerica/wilpertcounter.cfm Author of several recent articles on Venezuela, Wilpert is a former Fulbright scholar currently doing independent research at the Central University of Venezuela in Caracas.

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