General Acosta Carles says that over 40 Colombian Guerrillas have been detained in the past year. The announcement contradicts accusations of the opposition that Venezuela is secretly supporting the Colombian guerilla movements.
A telephone conversation between a former Attorney General and his son, both opposition figures, reveals that the NGO "Sumate" admitted to collecting only 1.9 million signatures in signature drive against President Chavez.
Alicia Castro, international observer of the signature drive to request a recall referendum on the mandate of President Chavez, presents a report about irregularities in the process.
Hundreds of thousands marched through Caracas to celebrate Chavez's fifth year in office and the opposition's alleged failure to collect signatures to trigger a recall referendum.
Organization of American States and the Carter Center will participate in the verification of millions of recall referenda petition signatures, against legislators and President Chavez.
While Chavistas celebrate victory, the opposition quietly claims it collected four million signatures. The oppositional private mass media remain oddly silent on the final day of the petition drive.
Cloning of ID cards, foreigners being brought from Colombia to sign, documents of death people used, and manipulation of tally forms, are among the other irregularities reported by pro-Chavez groups.
Pro-Chavez groups continue reporting irregularities
Police investagions presented to the public recently show that the dissident military officers of Plaza Altamira were behind bombings and murders that the press originally attributed to government supporters.
After numerous reports of Colombian citizens being brought to Venezuela to sign recall referendum petitions against President Chavez, the government decided to close the border. Other irregularities have been reported.
