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Army staying out of it in Venezuela.

category national | miscellaneous | news report author Monday January 06, 2003 23:53author by blisset

They will not support Right Wing Coup or Lockout

CARACAS, Venezuela, Jan 6 (Reuters) - Venezuela's army believes the country's crisis should be resolved by politicians and it will not intervene, either to stage a coup against President Hugo Chavez or to impose military rule, its commander said on Monday. "Who says we should get involved in the political game? Who says?" Gen. Julio Jose Garcia Montoya told Reuters in an interview at Fuerte Tiuna military headquarters in Caracas.

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