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V e n e z u e la n P r o t e s t C a lls O u t T r o o p s
street and m ingled with thick clouds
o f w hite tear gas.
O ne pol ice officer w as w ounded
by gunfire from an unknow n source
and tw o others w ere hurt by rocks,
said Pedro A ristim uno, the c ity 's
health secretary. The tear gas forced
the evacuation o f 25 children from
( A P )— V enezuela troops fought a nearby hospital, he added.
pitched street battles Friday w ith
Ignoring governm ent w arnings
s u p p o r te r s o f P re sid e n t H u g o that violence could erupt, o p p o si
C havez w ho tried to disrupt an tion parties called the ral ly as part o f
opposition rally in an im poverished a series o f events in C aracas slum s
area o f C aracas considered a g o v to prove C h a v e z 's traditional su p
ern m en t stronghold. At least three port am ong the p oor has evap o
p eople w ere injured.
rated.
T roops in arm ored vehicles a r
Interior M inister L ucas R incon
rived at the scene while "C havistas,” pleaded w ith m arch o rganizers to
as the p re sid e n t's supporters are take the protest to an area w here
k n o w n , fo u g h t b ack , th ro w in g there w ould be less potential for
bottles, rocks and firecrackers at violence.
security forces.
“ W e a le rt th e p o p u la tio n to
H u n d re d s o f n a tio n a l g u a rd th e se c u rity risk s th a t th is act
tro o p s a n d p o lic e in rio t g e ar c a rrie s ,” R in co n sa id in an a d
launched tea r g as grenades to d is d re ss to the n a tio n late T h u rs
perse m ore than 100 rowdy go v ern day. “ T h is is n ’t ab o u t im p e d in g a
m ent backers. C olum ns o f black p o litica l act. I t's ab o u t ta k in g it to
sm oke rose from tires burning in the a less risk y o n e .”
Im poverished
supporters o f
president clash
w ith opponents
Pro-govemment
lawmakers Nicolas
Maduro (from left),
Francisco Solorzano
and Cilia Flores,
surrounded by
supporters, leave
the National Con
gress building in
Caracas, Venezuela.
(AP photo)
Discrimination
Dropout Rate More Likely for Immigrants
Banned in Mexico
(A P ) — P resident V icente Fox discrim ination in the public sec
signed a law in M exico C ity last tor, but a fter several m onths o f
M onday, b anning all form s o f d is debate it w as vastly expanded and
crim ination, a groundbreaking m ea approved by both houses o f C o n
sure in a nation struggling to o v e r gress in April.
co m e racism and other form s o f
Interior M inister Santiago C reel
bias.
said the m easure w as as im portant
“T his signature m akes this a h is as M exican law s that established
toric date for o u r country,” Fox freedom o f religion in 1800 and
said. " I t’s historic because it e stab w o m e n ’s suffrage in 1953.
lishes that nobody should be e x
The law does not spell o ut how
cluded from th eir social w ell-being violators w ill be punished. That
because o f th eir ethnic origin, g e n will likely be decided by a new
der, age o r religion.”
body prom ised by Fox, the N a
The m easure that passed last tional C om m ission forthe Preven
M onday first sought only to ban tion o f D iscrim ination.
(AP) — Hispanics in their
late teens bom outside the United
States are more than twice as
likely to drop out o f high school
as U.S.-born Latinos, accord
ing to an analysis o f census data
released Thursday.
Nearly 34 percent o f His
panic immigrants age 16 to 19
did not graduate or were not
enrolled in high school in 2000,
the Pew Hispanic Center found.
The rate was unchanged from
1990.
Among U.S.-born Latinos of
the same age group, 14 percent
were dropouts in 2000, down
from 15 percent a decade ear
lier.
A lack o f proficiency in En
said Edgar O audencio H idalgo is
accused o f sexually abusing a boy
when he served asapriest near Naples
in 1997. Italian authorities also be
lieve he abused other m inors.
In a statem ent, M ex ico ’s attor
responses," said the report’s
author, Richard Fry,
Dropout rates are typically
given for all Latinos, regardless
o f where they were bom, so
discerning between immigrants
and those bom in United States
offers a more accurate picture
o f the problem, said the center’s
director, Roberto Suro.
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Priest Extradited for Alleged Abuse
( A P ) - M exican authorities have
ex tradited a R om an C atholic priest
to Italy, w here he faces charges o f
sexually abusing an 11-year-old
boy and other m inors.
An extradition order against him
glish and a need to work to send
money back to family members
in their native countries were
key reasons cited by research
ers for the difference.
When you pick apart the
num bers, you see that the His
panic dropout problem has
several different com ponents
that call for different policy
ney g e n era l’s office said federal
agents arrested H idalgo at a church
in Iz ta p ala p a.o u tsid e M e x ico C ity ,
in A ugust and began preparing
extradition proceedings against him
several m onths later.
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