Nickel....
That is not exactly true. As I said 3 sun General Lucas Rincón Romero was the one to ASK Chávez to resign NOT BY FORCE. IF he had force Chávez to resign, how come he put the person that force him, back into his own goverment? Rincón is now Minister of the Interior. Chávez resignation was NOT forced, it was requested by his own right hand man in the military.
Only peaceful demonstrators were surrounding the palace, and they were shot at by the bolivarian circles (there was a trial and they were released, eventhough there was video tape evidence of the snipers). The General of the Caracas headquarters, General Manuel Rosendo, refused Chávez's orders to bring the army into the streets for an armed confrontation (I have heard the audio tapes, Chávez was caught on, ordering the murderous aggression. It is not hard to feel outraged when you hear the tape.
Why am I so sure?, because I was a minute to minute witness to the news on the events as they unfolded. Only the NEXT day was the military in the streets.
I remember thinking at the time that the only way to kick a dictator is throgh a Coup... BUT about 1m venezuelans marched that day, and the dictator was ready to kill them all in order to preserve power. YET he resigned... it was all just too easy. Why would a guy we now know to be ready to sell his soul to the devil in order to remain in power just "leave" only to come back within 3 days, put up a contrition act and then simply becoming even more determined to concentrate power, and to resist the general strike, to remain in power, regarless of the consequences to the nation. Was the the power of the marching, flag bearing, peacefull demonstrators? nop, we have seen plenty of those, before and since. It was not force because he resigned to one of his partisans. It was a set up, in my humble opinion.
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