2	5	The	the	DT
6	15	dismissal	dismissal	NN
16	18	in	in	IN
19	28	Venezuela	Venezuela	NNP
29	31	of	of	IN
32	40	Minister	Minister	NNP
41	43	of	of	IN
44	52	Interior	Interior	NNP
53	56	and	and	CC
57	64	Justice	Justice	NNP
65	69	Luis	Luis	NNP
70	79	Miquilena	Miquilena	NNP
79	80	,	,	,
81	84	who	who	WP
85	87	up	up	RB
88	90	to	to	TO
91	95	that	that	DT
96	101	point	point	NN
102	105	had	have	VBD
106	110	been	be	VBN
111	114	the	the	DT
115	122	central	central	JJ
123	129	figure	figure	NN
130	132	in	in	IN
133	136	the	the	DT
137	144	process	process	NN
145	149	that	that	WDT
150	153	put	put	VBD
154	158	Hugo	Hugo	NNP
159	165	Chavez	Chavez	NNP
166	168	in	in	IN
169	174	power	power	NN
174	175	,	,	,
176	181	again	again	RB
182	190	triggers	trigger	VBZ
191	194	the	the	DT
195	198	red	red	JJ
199	204	light	light	NN
205	207	in	in	IN
208	213	those	those	DT
214	223	countries	country	NNS
224	229	which	which	WDT
229	230	,	,	,
231	235	like	like	IN
236	245	Argentina	Argentina	NNP
246	249	and	and	CC
250	258	Colombia	Colombia	NNP
258	259	,	,	,
260	266	border	border	NN
267	269	on	on	IN
270	276	Brazil	Brazil	NNP
276	277	.	.	.

278	286	Dramatic	dramatic	JJ
287	293	things	thing	NNS
294	297	may	may	MD
298	300	be	be	VB
301	310	happening	happen	VBG
311	313	in	in	IN
314	317	the	the	DT
318	328	Venezuelan	venezuelan	JJ
329	338	situation	situation	NN
338	339	,	,	,
340	343	and	and	CC
344	346	it	it	PRP
347	349	is	be	VBZ
350	354	more	more	JJR
355	359	than	than	IN
360	364	time	time	NN
365	368	for	for	IN
369	378	Brazilian	brazilian	JJ
379	388	diplomats	diplomat	NNS
389	391	to	to	TO
392	396	take	take	VB
397	403	notice	notice	NN
404	406	of	of	IN
407	412	South	south	JJ
413	421	American	american	JJ
422	433	necessities	necessity	NNS
433	434	.	.	.

441	443	It	it	PRP
444	447	has	have	VBZ
448	452	long	long	RB
453	457	been	be	VBN
458	463	known	know	VBN
464	468	that	that	IN
469	478	President	President	NNP
479	487	Fernando	Fernando	NNP
488	496	Henrique	Henrique	NNP
497	504	Cardoso	Cardoso	NNP
505	508	has	have	VBZ
509	518	influence	influence	NN
519	521	on	on	IN
522	528	Chavez	Chavez	NNP
528	529	,	,	,
530	533	who	who	WP
534	537	has	have	VBZ
538	543	asked	ask	VBN
544	547	him	him	PRP
548	551	for	for	IN
552	558	advice	advice	NN
559	563	more	more	RBR
564	568	than	than	IN
569	573	once	once	RB
573	574	.	.	.

575	578	The	the	DT
579	581	US	US	NNP
582	592	Government	Government	NNP
593	599	itself	itself	PRP
600	609	considers	consider	VBZ
610	613	him	him	PRP
614	615	a	a	DT
616	620	kind	kind	NN
621	623	of	of	IN
624	628	link	link	NN
629	632	for	for	IN
633	640	dealing	deal	VBG
641	645	with	with	IN
646	649	the	the	DT
650	659	situation	situation	NN
660	662	in	in	IN
663	672	Venezuela	Venezuela	NNP
672	673	.	.	.

674	678	That	that	DT
679	688	situation	situation	NN
689	692	has	have	VBZ
693	700	changed	change	VBN
701	713	considerably	considerably	RB
714	719	since	since	IN
720	726	Chavez	Chavez	NNP
727	733	issued	issue	VBD
733	734	,	,	,
735	737	by	by	IN
738	744	decree	decree	NN
744	745	,	,	,
746	747	a	a	DT
748	755	package	package	NN
756	758	of	of	IN
759	761	49	49	CD
762	766	laws	law	NNS
767	769	of	of	IN
770	771	a	a	DT
772	785	nationalizing	nationalize	VBG
786	795	character	character	NN
795	796	.	.	.

797	802	Those	those	DT
803	807	laws	law	NNS
808	814	affect	affect	VBP
815	821	almost	almost	RB
822	832	everything	everything	NN
833	835	in	in	IN
836	839	the	the	DT
840	847	country	country	NN
847	848	,	,	,
849	853	from	from	IN
854	863	petroleum	petroleum	NN
864	866	to	to	TO
867	871	land	land	NN
872	881	ownership	ownership	NN
881	882	.	.	.

883	890	Shortly	shortly	RB
891	896	after	after	IN
897	901	that	that	DT
901	902	,	,	,
903	905	on	on	IN
906	909	the	the	DT
910	918	occasion	occasion	NN
919	921	of	of	IN
922	925	the	the	DT
926	932	attack	attack	NN
933	935	on	on	IN
936	939	the	the	DT
940	944	twin	twin	NN
945	951	towers	tower	NNS
952	954	in	in	IN
955	958	New	New	NNP
959	963	York	York	NNP
963	964	,	,	,
965	971	Chavez	Chavez	NNP
972	976	said	say	VBD
977	981	that	that	IN
982	985	the	the	DT
986	988	US	US	NNP
989	997	reaction	reaction	NN
998	1000	to	to	TO
1001	1008	Taliban	taliban	JJ
1009	1018	terrorism	terrorism	NN
1019	1022	was	be	VBD
1023	1027	also	also	RB
1028	1029	a	a	DT
1030	1039	terrorist	terrorist	JJ
1040	1043	act	act	NN
1043	1044	,	,	,
1045	1052	thereby	thereby	RB
1053	1062	straining	strain	VBG
1063	1066	his	his	PRP$
1067	1076	relations	relation	NNS
1077	1081	with	with	IN
1082	1092	Washington	Washington	NNP
1092	1093	.	.	.

1100	1106	Chavez	Chavez	NNP
1106	1107	’	'	POS
1108	1113	short	short	JJ
1114	1117	but	but	CC
1118	1128	tumultuous	tumultuous	JJ
1129	1133	time	time	NN
1134	1136	in	in	IN
1137	1142	power	power	NN
1142	1143	,	,	,
1144	1149	which	which	WDT
1150	1152	he	he	PRP
1153	1161	achieved	achieve	VBD
1162	1164	by	by	IN
1165	1174	electoral	electoral	JJ
1175	1180	means	mean	NNS
1181	1190	following	follow	VBG
1191	1192	a	a	DT
1193	1199	failed	fail	VBN
1200	1206	mutiny	mutiny	NN
1206	1207	,	,	,
1208	1215	arouses	arouse	VBZ
1216	1221	fears	fear	NNS
1222	1232	concerning	concern	VBG
1233	1236	the	the	DT
1237	1243	future	future	NN
1244	1246	of	of	IN
1247	1252	Latin	Latin	NNP
1253	1260	America	America	NNP
1260	1262	’s	's	POS
1263	1269	oldest	old	JJS
1270	1279	democracy	democracy	NN
1279	1280	.	.	.

1281	1285	From	from	IN
1286	1294	election	election	NN
1295	1297	to	to	TO
1298	1306	election	election	NN
1307	1310	and	and	CC
1311	1321	plebiscite	plebiscite	NN
1322	1324	to	to	TO
1325	1335	plebiscite	plebiscite	VB
1335	1336	,	,	,
1337	1346	Venezuela	Venezuela	NNP
1347	1349	is	be	VBZ
1350	1356	moving	move	VBG
1357	1364	rapidly	rapidly	RB
1365	1371	toward	toward	IN
1372	1373	a	a	DT
1374	1375	“	``	``
1375	1380	legal	legal	JJ
1381	1385	coup	coup	NN
1385	1386	”	''	''
1387	1391	that	that	WDT
1392	1395	may	may	MD
1396	1398	be	be	VB
1399	1402	the	the	DT
1403	1410	logical	logical	JJ
1411	1422	consequence	consequence	NN
1423	1425	of	of	IN
1426	1429	the	the	DT
1430	1437	clashes	clash	NNS
1438	1444	inside	inside	IN
1445	1455	Miraflores	Miraflores	NNP
1456	1462	Palace	Palace	NNP
1462	1463	.	.	.

1470	1475	While	while	IN
1476	1478	on	on	IN
1479	1482	the	the	DT
1483	1490	outside	outside	IN
1491	1494	the	the	DT
1495	1505	population	population	NN
1506	1515	expresses	express	VBZ
1516	1519	its	its	PRP$
1520	1530	discontent	discontent	NN
1531	1535	with	with	IN
1536	1546	resounding	resound	VBG
1547	1560	pots-and-pans	pots-and-pans	JJ
1561	1575	demonstrations	demonstration	NNS
1575	1576	,	,	,
1577	1583	cracks	crack	NNS
1584	1587	are	be	VBP
1588	1597	appearing	appear	VBG
1598	1604	inside	inside	IN
1605	1608	the	the	DT
1609	1619	government	government	NN
1620	1625	among	among	IN
1626	1629	the	the	DT
1630	1632	13	13	CD
1633	1640	parties	party	NNS
1641	1645	that	that	WDT
1646	1655	supported	support	VBD
1656	1662	Chavez	Chavez	NNP
1663	1665	in	in	IN
1666	1669	his	his	PRP$
1670	1674	rise	rise	NN
1675	1677	to	to	TO
1678	1687	political	political	JJ
1688	1693	power	power	NN
1693	1694	.	.	.

1695	1697	It	it	PRP
1698	1701	was	be	VBD
1702	1704	to	to	TO
1705	1707	be	be	VB
1708	1716	expected	expect	VBN
1717	1721	that	that	IN
1722	1725	the	the	DT
1726	1729	new	new	JJ
1730	1737	laws–a	laws–a	NN
1738	1749	consequence	consequence	NN
1750	1752	of	of	IN
1753	1756	the	the	DT
1757	1765	economic	economic	JJ
1766	1779	crisis–would	crisis–would	MD
1780	1784	have	have	VBP
1785	1794	different	different	JJ
1795	1802	effects	effect	NNS
1803	1805	on	on	IN
1806	1809	the	the	DT
1810	1815	union	union	NN
1816	1823	leaders	leader	NNS
1823	1824	,	,	,
1825	1832	radical	radical	JJ
1833	1842	left-wing	left-wing	JJ
1843	1854	politicians	politician	NNS
1854	1855	,	,	,
1856	1859	and	and	CC
1860	1868	populist	populist	JJ
1869	1878	militants	militant	NNS
1879	1890	represented	represent	VBN
1891	1893	in	in	IN
1894	1897	the	the	DT
1898	1908	government	government	NN
1908	1909	.	.	.

1910	1913	Bad	bad	JJ
1914	1924	government	government	NN
1925	1935	management	management	NN
1936	1947	complicates	complicate	VBZ
1948	1951	any	any	DT
1952	1961	situation	situation	NN
1961	1962	.	.	.

1969	1972	The	the	DT
1973	1980	changes	change	NNS
1981	1985	made	make	VBN
1986	1988	by	by	IN
1989	1995	Chavez	Chavez	NNP
1996	1998	in	in	IN
1999	2002	his	his	PRP$
2003	2007	team	team	NN
2008	2014	expose	expose	VB
2015	2018	the	the	DT
2019	2025	cracks	crack	NNS
2026	2028	in	in	IN
2029	2032	the	the	DT
2033	2042	coalition	coalition	NN
2042	2043	.	.	.

2044	2046	In	in	IN
2047	2055	response	response	NN
2056	2058	to	to	TO
2059	2062	the	the	DT
2063	2071	reaction	reaction	NN
2072	2074	in	in	IN
2075	2078	the	the	DT
2079	2085	street	street	NN
2085	2086	,	,	,
2087	2090	the	the	DT
2091	2098	radical	radical	JJ
2099	2103	wing	wing	NN
2104	2111	opposes	oppose	VBZ
2112	2115	any	any	DT
2116	2125	agreement	agreement	NN
2126	2130	with	with	IN
2131	2141	opposition	opposition	NN
2142	2148	groups	group	NNS
2148	2149	.	.	.

2150	2153	The	the	DT
2154	2162	moderate	moderate	JJ
2163	2167	wing	wing	NN
2168	2176	supports	support	VBZ
2177	2185	dialogue	dialogue	NN
2186	2190	with	with	IN
2191	2194	the	the	DT
2195	2205	opposition	opposition	NN
2206	2208	to	to	TO
2209	2212	try	try	VB
2213	2215	to	to	TO
2216	2222	reduce	reduce	VB
2223	2232	political	political	JJ
2233	2240	tension	tension	NN
2240	2241	.	.	.

2242	2244	As	as	IN
2245	2248	the	the	DT
2249	2259	opposition	opposition	NN
2260	2266	raises	raise	VBZ
2267	2270	its	its	PRP$
2271	2275	head	head	NN
2275	2276	,	,	,
2277	2280	the	the	DT
2281	2288	climate	climate	NN
2289	2291	of	of	IN
2292	2297	plots	plot	NNS
2298	2303	takes	take	VBZ
2304	2309	shape	shape	NN
2309	2310	.	.	.

2311	2314	The	the	DT
2315	2320	noise	noise	NN
2321	2325	from	from	IN
2326	2329	the	the	DT
2330	2334	pots	pot	NNS
2335	2338	and	and	CC
2339	2343	pans	pan	NNS
2344	2348	does	do	VBZ
2349	2350	a	a	DT
2351	2355	poor	poor	JJ
2356	2359	job	job	NN
2360	2362	of	of	IN
2363	2369	hiding	hide	VBG
2370	2373	the	the	DT
2374	2384	opposition	opposition	NN
2384	2386	’s	's	POS
2387	2393	desire	desire	NN
2394	2396	to	to	TO
2397	2403	launch	launch	VB
2404	2405	a	a	DT
2406	2410	kind	kind	NN
2411	2413	of	of	IN
2414	2419	civil	civil	JJ
2420	2432	disobedience	disobedience	NN
2432	2433	,	,	,
2434	2436	an	an	DT
2437	2447	indication	indication	NN
2448	2452	that	that	IN
2453	2462	Venezuela	Venezuela	NNP
2463	2466	has	have	VBZ
2467	2474	finally	finally	RB
2475	2482	entered	enter	VBN
2483	2484	a	a	DT
2485	2494	dangerous	dangerous	JJ
2495	2500	stage	stage	NN
2500	2501	.	.	.

2508	2517	Venezuela	Venezuela	NNP
2517	2519	’s	's	POS
2520	2528	economic	economic	JJ
2529	2538	situation	situation	NN
2539	2544	forms	form	VBZ
2545	2546	a	a	DT
2547	2555	wretched	wretche	VBN
2556	2566	background	background	NN
2567	2570	for	for	IN
2571	2574	the	the	DT
2575	2586	ideological	ideological	JJ
2587	2598	experiments	experiment	NNS
2599	2601	of	of	IN
2602	2605	the	the	DT
2606	2616	Bolivarian	Bolivarian	NNP
2617	2629	Constitution	Constitution	NNP
2630	2634	that	that	IN
2635	2641	Chavez	Chavez	NNP
2642	2645	got	get	VBD
2646	2654	approved	approve	VBN
2655	2657	by	by	IN
2658	2668	plebiscite	plebiscite	NN
2668	2669	.	.	.

2670	2673	The	the	DT
2674	2679	worst	worst	JJS
2680	2689	recession	recession	NN
2690	2692	in	in	IN
2693	2699	recent	recent	JJ
2700	2707	decades	decade	NNS
2708	2711	has	have	VBZ
2712	2716	been	be	VBN
2717	2727	alleviated	alleviate	VBN
2728	2732	only	only	RB
2733	2735	by	by	IN
2736	2739	the	the	DT
2740	2746	recent	recent	JJ
2747	2755	increase	increase	NN
2756	2758	in	in	IN
2759	2768	petroleum	petroleum	NN
2769	2775	prices	price	NNS
2775	2776	.	.	.

2777	2782	Eight	eight	CD
2783	2790	hundred	hundred	CD
2791	2796	firms	firm	NNS
2797	2801	have	have	VBP
2802	2808	closed	close	VBN
2809	2814	their	their	PRP$
2815	2820	doors	door	NNS
2820	2821	.	.	.

2822	2826	Half	half	PDT
2827	2830	the	the	DT
2831	2837	active	active	JJ
2838	2848	population	population	NN
2849	2851	is	be	VBZ
2852	2854	in	in	IN
2855	2858	the	the	DT
2859	2867	informal	informal	JJ
2868	2875	economy	economy	NN
2875	2876	.	.	.

2877	2880	All	all	DT
2881	2883	of	of	IN
2884	2888	that	that	DT
2889	2895	stands	stand	VBZ
2896	2898	in	in	IN
2899	2905	brutal	brutal	JJ
2906	2914	contrast	contrast	NN
2915	2917	to	to	TO
2918	2921	the	the	DT
2922	2926	1970	1970	CD
2926	2928	’s	's	POS
2928	2929	,	,	,
2930	2933	the	the	DT
2934	2940	decade	decade	NN
2941	2943	of	of	IN
2944	2947	the	the	DT
2948	2957	petroleum	petroleum	NN
2958	2962	boom	boom	NN
2962	2963	,	,	,
2964	2968	when	when	WRB
2969	2975	Andres	Andres	NNP
2976	2981	Perez	Perez	NNP
2982	2985	was	be	VBD
2986	2989	the	the	DT
2990	2991	“	``	``
2991	3000	socialist	socialist	JJ
3001	3007	Little	Little	NNP
3008	3014	Father	Father	NNP
3014	3015	.	.	.
3015	3016	”	''	''

3017	3021	Over	over	IN
3022	3023	$	$	$
3023	3026	200	200	CD
3027	3034	billion	billion	CD
3035	3037	in	in	IN
3038	3047	royalties	royalty	NNS
3048	3051	was	be	VBD
3052	3062	squandered	squander	VBN
3063	3067	with	with	IN
3068	3070	no	no	DT
3071	3078	benefit	benefit	NN
3079	3081	at	at	IN
3082	3085	all	all	DT
3086	3089	for	for	IN
3090	3093	the	the	DT
3094	3104	population	population	NN
3104	3105	.	.	.

3106	3110	When	when	WRB
3111	3114	the	the	DT
3115	3120	price	price	NN
3121	3123	of	of	IN
3124	3133	petroleum	petroleum	NN
3134	3138	fell	fall	VBD
3139	3142	the	the	DT
3143	3148	first	first	JJ
3149	3153	time	time	NN
3153	3154	,	,	,
3155	3158	the	the	DT
3159	3169	Venezuelan	Venezuelan	NNP
3170	3177	economy	economy	NN
3178	3182	went	go	VBD
3183	3187	down	down	IN
3188	3191	the	the	DT
3192	3197	drain	drain	NN
3197	3198	.	.	.

3205	3208	The	the	DT
3209	3218	electoral	electoral	JJ
3219	3223	path	path	NN
3224	3232	followed	follow	VBN
3233	3235	by	by	IN
3236	3242	Chavez	Chavez	NNP
3243	3247	when	when	WRB
3248	3251	his	his	PRP$
3252	3259	attempt	attempt	NN
3260	3262	at	at	IN
3263	3265	an	an	DT
3266	3270	open	open	JJ
3271	3275	coup	coup	NN
3276	3282	failed	fail	VBD
3283	3286	may	may	MD
3287	3290	now	now	RB
3291	3293	be	be	VB
3294	3297	the	the	DT
3298	3306	aperitif	aperitif	NN
3307	3310	for	for	IN
3311	3314	the	the	DT
3315	3323	probable	probable	JJ
3324	3325	“	``	``
3325	3335	democratic	democratic	JJ
3336	3340	coup	coup	NN
3340	3341	”	''	''
3342	3346	that	that	WDT
3347	3349	is	be	VBZ
3350	3355	being	be	VBG
3356	3364	prepared	prepare	VBN
3365	3369	from	from	IN
3370	3373	the	the	DT
3374	3380	inside	inside	NN
3381	3384	out	out	RP
3384	3385	.	.	.