Chavez faces hunger strike protest

Published: 25 November 2009 y., Wednesday

For three days now these group of Venezuelan students have not eaten any food - they're staging a hunger strike against President Hugo Chavez.  

They say they will only drink water until an Organisation of American States human rights delegation visits the country to investigate cases of alleged political persecution.

Šaltinis: Reuters
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