VOL. XLV

No 48

2-December-2002

VENEZUELA

Chavez Opponents Set 2 December For General Strike As Electoral Council Okays Referendum

The opponents of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez have set 2 December as the date for a general strike throughout the country, the fourth this year. The three organizations backing the strike, the Venezuelan Workers Confederation, the Fedecamaras business association and the Coordinadora Democratica, a coalition of political parties, unions and business groups, have...