Thousands of Venezuelan Militiamen to Swear In

[naaman fletcher]

CARACAS - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez confirmed that about 34,000 members of the Bolivarian Militias, a body encouraging the people take part in defensive tasks, will swear in Tuesday.

The act will take place at the Bolivar Avenue, Caracas, where Venezuelans from the capital and other parts of the country are expected to attend.

There will be many persons there, Chavez foretold during his Sunday program Alo Presidente, held at the Miraflores Palace yesterday to recall the coup on April 11, 2002 and the prompt civic-military response that neutralized it.

The president noted the militias have the mission of preparing along with the Armed Forces to ensure the defense of national sovereignty, in front of internal and external threats.

"Let us create our battalions and groups of combatants," he said calling upon the people to join the Bolivarian Militias.

Chavez recalled that a factory to produce AKM rifles is being built in Venezuelan. "Rifles and ammunitions for the entire people will be produced there," he pointed out.


http://www.insidecostarica.com/dailynews/2010/april/13/latinamerica10041304.htm

[protocol rv]

1. Rifles and ammunition for the entire people?

That sounds excessive. What are we going to do with several million rifles and tens of millions of bullets? I don't want one. But I think he meant the rifles would only be issued to the people who support the regime. Otherwise, this is just going to create chaos. Imagine the criminals armed with AK47s.