Venezuelan leader Chavez seeks unity following coup

Friday, April 19, 2002

CARACAS, Venezuela -- A week after protests set off bloodshed and toppled governments, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez opened "a great national debate" Thursday to bring this bitterly divided nation together.

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