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Viewing cable 10CARACAS165, Chavez Calls Protesting Students "Fascists"; "Real Students

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
10CARACAS165 2010-02-11 16:20 2011-08-24 01:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Caracas
VZCZCXRO1624
RR RUEHAG RUEHAO RUEHLZ RUEHNG RUEHROV RUEHRS RUEHSL RUEHSR
DE RUEHCV #0165 0421620
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 111620Z FEB 10
FM AMEMBASSY CARACAS
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 0440
INFO EU MEMBER STATES COLLECTIVE
WESTERN HEMISPHERIC AFFAIRS DIPL POSTS
RHEHNSC/WHITE HOUSE NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL WASHINGTON DC
RHMFISS/HQ USSOUTHCOM MIAMI FL
UNCLAS CARACAS 000165 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
HQSOUTHCOM ALSO FOR POLAD 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM VE
SUBJECT: Chavez Calls Protesting Students "Fascists"; "Real Students 
Support the Revolution" 
 
1.  (SBU)  Speaking to his cabinet in a nationally televised 
broadcast on February 5, President Chavez called the students who 
protested February 4 "fascists, subversives, violent, filled with 
hate and anger."  He said they "destroyed part of the Metro, and 
wanted to fill Caracas with violence, so we did not allow them to 
do so, and we will not allow them to do so."  He praised the 
Metropolitan Police, the National Police, the intelligence service, 
and the National Guard for their efforts to react "firmly."  Chavez 
also said Ambassador Shannon had criticized Venezuela from Brazil, 
apparently referring to Ambassador Shannon's statements to the 
media February 4 regarding the need for dialogue rather than 
repression in Venezuela.  Chavez said "the United States is in 
favor of this plan to try to foment violence in Venezuela." 
 
 
 
2.  (SBU) On February 7, Chavez said on his "Alo Presidente" show 
that "the real students support the revolution.  These [other] 
small groups are fascists...who can be manipulated and confused." 
He said these groups wanted to "set fire to trees and cars, to have 
deaths and wounded people for the fascist television cameras behind 
them. Why? So that they can transmit to the world the idea that 
this is a repressive government." 
DUDDY