VOL. XLV

No 42

21-October-2002

VENEZUELA

Venezuela Braces For General Strike As Chavez Refuses To Resign Or Call New Elections

Labor and business organizations in Venezuela are preparing to hold a general strike on 21 October in order to press their demands that President Hugo Chavez call early elections. The Fedecamaras business association, which is responsible for some 70% of the countrys GDP, and the one million-member Confederation of Trade Unions (CTV) are working together to organize...