Radical media, politics and culture.

Message from Guillermo Garcia Ponce

Lori Zett writes


Sat, 13 Apr 2002 09:52:20

I have just spoken to Guillermo Garcia Ponce in Venezuela.


He was an advisor to Chavez. He has two URGENT requests:


1) He asks that people and organizations mobilize to pressure the "junta" so that Chavez's family and other officials and Human Rights activists have access to him. He has been held incommunicado. There is no conformation that he resigned. No document to that effect has been produced. People have to mobilize to insure Chavez‚s safety.


2) He requests the solidarity of Human Rights organizations to stop the indiscriminate arrests, suppression, and mistreatment of Chavez supporters. The Paratroopers and various military, who are loyal to Chavez, are being held in Maracay. Ministers are being arrested and mistreated their wives and family members have been beaten. Guillermo Garcia Ponce request that everyone demand that the "junta" respect human rights."