[IPSM] {Venezuela} Chavez government denounces destruction of Columbus statue and pays to rebuild it

[Stefan Christoff]

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Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2004 13:09:03 -0000
From: Resist!ca <news at resist.ca>

"...A deal was offered by the mayor. The five prisoners would be released
in exchange for the 'organizers.' He later made a statement denouncing the
'anarchists' that had carried out the action, and 'washing his hands' of
whatever might happen to them in the courts. Most sickeningly, Freddy
Bernal vowed to restore the statue to its previous state. Many people here
are utterly disgusted at the idea that a section of the Bolivarian
government intends to use public funds to repair a statue of Christopher
Columbus, which had been torn down by the same people who would give their
lives to protect that same government."

URL: http://resist.ca/story/2004/10/21/164642/59

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