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Page A 7 October OI. 2003 EL OBSERVADOR Colombia Confronted Venezuela to Punish Protesters Ear-splitting protests against President Hugo Chavez and his supporters have become so obnox ious that the Venezuela Congress is considering legislation making them punishable by up to five years in prison. (AP photo) (A P ) — D ep en d in g o n how y o u d o it, b a n g in g on p o ts and p an s - a tra d itio n a l L atin A m erican p ro test a g a in st u n p o p u la r g o v e rn m e n ts and to u g h tim es - c o u ld soon land you in p riso n in V en ezu ela. E a rlie r th ia year, o p p o n e n ts o f P resid en t H ugo C h a v e z stag ed n ig h tly p ro tests, called “c a c e ro la z o s,” d u rin g an u n su ccessfu l tw o - m o n th strik e to o u st th e p resid en t. T h e p ro te sts d id n ’t seem to faze C h av ez. R ecen tly , o p p o n e n ts h av e ta rg e te d th e h o m es o f p e rc e iv e d g o v e rn m e n t su p p o rters, frig h te n in g fam ilies an d p ro m p tin g C h av ez to d e n o u n c e w h at he c a lls a n ew fo rm o f “terro rism .” Lloyd Axworthy (from left) and Jose Miguel Vivanco o f Human Rights Watch, and Jorge Castaneda, former Mexican foreign affairs minister, charge Colombia with human rights violations. (AP photo) Thousands o f children cur rently t ight forColom bia’s ille gal arm ed groups and some are forced to w atch prisoners being tortured. Human Rights W atch said in a report. The N ew Y ork-based ad vocacy g ro u p w arned the w idespread recruitm ent o f child fighters isunderm ining the fabric o fC o lo m b ian soci ety. "T hesechildren w ill bear the scars o f their experience for decades to com e,” said the report, titled “Y ou’ll Learn Not to C ry: C hild C om batants in Colom bia.” Jose M iguel V ivanco, head o fth e g ro u p ’s A m ericas D ivi sion, said about 11,000 ch il dren are under arms. He said at least one in every four illegal com batants in C olom bia is un der the age o f 18. R u lin g p arty leg islato rs say th e d e m o n s tra tio n s h av e b e c o m e so p e rv a s iv e an d th re a te n in g th ey w an t th em o u tla w e d and have in tro d u ced legislatio n m ak in g th em p u n ish ab le by up to Five y ears in prison. T he p ro p o sed law , acco rd in g to ru lin g party law m ak e rs, w o u ld ban p o t-b a n g in g p ro te sts o u tsid e th e h o m es o f p u b lic o ffic ia ls and th o se th at take p lace o n p la n e s o r lead to p h y sic a l c o n fro n tatio n s. “ It w o u ld v io late freed o m o f e x p re s sio n ,” said G e rald o B lyde o f th e F irst Ju stic e o p p o sitio n party . H is party is in sistin g on a tw o- th ird s v o te to pass the m easu re. C h av ez b a c k ers a re in sistin g on a sim p le m ajo rity . American in Peru Prison Finds Love After nearly eight years o f hard living in Peruvian prisons on terrorism charges, former New Yorker Lori Berenson hopes to ’ m arry a Peruvian man in a behind-bars ceremony. (AP photo) (A P )— A fter nearly eight years in Penivian prison on charges o f terrorism , A m erican in m ate Lori Berenson hopes to m arry a Peruvian man in a behind-bars cerem ony, her m other said. T he prospective groom is not a fellow pris oner. 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