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Anti-Chavez student tortured by police, says head of Venezuela's central university [Full Text] CARACAS, Venezuela - Secret police tortured a university student who participated in a youth protest against President Hugo Chavez, the rector of the Central University of Venezuela alleged Thursday. A high-ranking official of the Interior Ministry, which oversees the federal secret police, denied the claim. The official spoke only on condition of anonymity.

University Rector Giuseppe Gianetto told Union Radio that 18-year-old Ricardo Sanchez, an international studies major, was kidnapped by agents as he left an opposition youth protest in Caracas on Wednesday. Sanchez was blindfolded, beaten and burned with an object before agents released him early Thursday in a Caracas slum, Gianetto said. Sanchez was under the protective custody of university attorneys who were filing a complaint with the attorney general's office.

"This kind of vile and cowardly torture hasn't been seen in this country for a long time," said Gianetto. "Not even youths can use their constitutional rights to go out and protest peacefully."

"There wasn't any detention of any student," the Interior Ministry official said in a telephone interview.[End]

8 posted on 02/20/2003 3:21:17 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
This is extremely alarming.

We are facing in South America the same threat that was present in Central America in the 1980s, only much, much worse.

We had better get on the stick and cleanup quick in the Middle East and cut off the money to these terrorsts, especially that from Iran.

Gaddhafi needs another warning, and quick. He isn't out of the woods with sanctions yet. Some special Forces could blow up production in his country and put him on notice.

This article also points out the under-the-radar plotting of China with our enemies. Wampanoah (sp) needs to be sent packing out of the Canal Zone.

Pray for our President. He has threats on every front.

We need to help the Venezualans. They will take care of the Arab/Muslims in their country, but we need to aid them IMMEDIATELY!!!

9 posted on 02/20/2003 4:51:45 AM PST by happygrl
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
Good job on your Venezuela posts.
32 posted on 02/20/2003 1:05:43 PM PST by Iris7
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