You turn to us for voices you won't hear anywhere else.

Sign up for Democracy Now!'s Daily Digest to get our latest headlines and stories delivered to your inbox every day.

Chavez Opponents Collect Signatures For Recall

HeadlineDec 02, 2003

In Venezuela, opponents of President Hugo Chavez are claiming they have gathered enough signatures over the past four days to demand a presidential recall. The recall effort marks the third time since April 2001 that opposition leaders tried to remove the populist leader Chavez from office. On Friday, Chavez announced he planned to run for re-election in 2006.

The original content of this program is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License. Please attribute legal copies of this work to democracynow.org. Some of the work(s) that this program incorporates, however, may be separately licensed. For further information or additional permissions, contact us.

Non-commercial news needs your support

We rely on contributions from our viewers and listeners to do our work.
Please do your part today.
Make a donation
Top