Chavez on the coup from the Washington Post:
But Chavez said members of the military unit responsible for guarding the president arrested four foreigners who were firing on the crowd from the Hotel Ausonia, less than a block from the presidential palace. Chavez said the men, who were found with high-powered rifles, were released the next day by the provisional government. Police have said that at least five of those killed were shot in the head from above.
“I have no doubt that I would have been killed had I gone out into the streets that day — Chavez killed by a bullet from the people,” he said. “That was the idea behind this. This march was looking for deaths.” …
Since his return, Chavez has spoken to a number of world leaders, including Cuba’s Fidel Castro, Mexico’s Vicente Fox, Spain’s Jose Maria Aznar and Russia’s Vladimir Putin. All offered their congratulations, he said. But Chavez has yet to hear from any State Department official more senior than Ambassador Charles Shapiro.
i hadnt heard any real good updates on this situation for a while, but i recently read this, its pretty interesting i think.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Print/0,3858,4412216,00.html
…oh yeah, i found it on znet by the way…