Word: venezuelan
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...darkness just before midnight, columns of tanks and troop carriers rumbled into the streets of four Venezuelan cities last week, intent on overthrowing the civilian government. Paratroops and armored units in Caracas, the capital, converged on a nearby air base, the Miraflores presidential palace and La Casona, the official residence of President Carlos Andres Perez...
...expected to do the same thing when he designated 71 protected areas for other indigenous peoples. Instead, under pressure from the military and mining interests, Collor postponed his decision. Several weeks later, he changed course again. He announced that 36,000 sq. mi. of Amazon rain forest adjoining the Venezuelan sanctuary will be set aside for the undisturbed use of the Yanomami, who roam freely across the area...
...Venezuelan students attending last night's forum said they were guardedly optimistic about their country's future...
...looking at a new generation of Venezuelans hoping to work for the future of our country," said Fernandez, who ran for the Venezuelan presidency in 1988 and plans to run again...
...talk of a possible multilateral OAS military operation to put Aristide back in charge. The ousted Haitian President says he does not favor it, but some countries are not feeling constrained. Venezuela apparently meant what it said about taking the "most severe measures." General Fernando Ochoa Antich, the Venezuelan Defense Minister, announced after the OAS meeting that he had been ordered to prepare for possible multilateral action in Haiti. "The armed forces," he said, "are right now carrying out the planning of a possible regional military operation." President Perez promised to offer his troops if the OAS decides to intervene...