Venezuelan leaders fighting return of political chaos

Sunday, November 10, 2002

CARACAS, Venezuela -- Mayor Alfredo Pena's building looks more like a besieged fortress than a city hall, with bullet-pocked windows and doors barricaded against radicals loyal to President Hugo Chavez.

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