Venezuelans Wary of Destabilization Acts

  "We are on the alert because the streets are ours, of the revolutionaries, and not of traditional parties that use students as cannon fodder for their political ambitions," said the youth director of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela, Carlos Sierra.

 In statements to Prensa Latina, Sierra accused politicians of the so called Fourth Republic (1959-1999) and some collage sectors of being behind the violent events that left two people dead, several policemen hurt and material damages.

 We denounce them for using students and adolescents to make destabilization actions, just like they did on the 2002 coup against President Hugo Chavez, he warned.

 According to the leader, opposition radical sectors want death and violence, because they know they have no chances to defeat Chavez in the elections.

 They want to cause destabilization to end with the Bolivarian Revolution, because they cannot do it with the vote. That is why young people, women, and workers are ready to defend the socialist project, he added.

 Meanwhile, the opposition announced new anti-government protests, using the interruption of the RCTV private channel as pretext.