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  • CASE OFFERS GLIMPSE OF LIFE UNDER CHAVEZ (Not To Worry: Jimmy Was There)

    08/19/2004 5:50:36 AM PDT · by JesseHousman · 5 replies · 415+ views
    Miami Herald ^ | Aug. 19, 2004 | Alfonso Chardy
    A little-noticed drama unfolding in a tiny courtroom at Miami-Dade's Krome detention center provides a small window into the political turmoil roiling Venezuela. It's the asylum case of José Antonio Colina and Germán Rodolfo Varela, two former Venezuelan military officers accused of bombing the Spanish Embassy and Colombian Consulate in Caracas last year. On the surface, they share much in common. But they are strikingly different. And it's those differences that confound traditional perceptions of the Venezuelan scene. Both are former lieutenants in the Venezuelan National Guard. Both broke with President Hugo Chávez. Both joined thousands of anti-Chávez protesters at...