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To all democratic sectors of the country and especially to the National Armed Forces:
Let us abide by the Constitution and stop the Cuban domination!

We, the undersigned, call upon all democratic sectors of the country and especially the members of the National Armed Forces, in this fateful hour of our motherland, to inform you of the following:

1. For fourteen years, Venezuela has been the victim of an invasion by the Castro-communist cuban regime. This invasion has been possible because it has been promoted and protected at the highest government levels.

2. Slowly and gradually, cubans have taken control of our notaries, records, identification and immigration system, foreign policy, and important sectors of the national economy.

Cuban control has even reached  the Police corps and the Military Forces at the expense of the security and defense of the State.

3. The consequences of the Castro-communist domination is evident in all areas of national life. This has meant, among many other evils, the destruction of our oil industry, the dismantling of the production aparatus, both in the field and in the industry levels, the gradual elimination of civil and economic freedoms, and the advancement of drug trafficking, guerrilla and organized crime.

4. To ensure control over Venezuela, Castro-communism has designed an electoral system, tailored to control and manipulate results, based on a sophisticated electronic platform that allows misrepresentation and alteration of the will of the voters.

5. The resources of the Venezuelan State are no longer invested in solving the many problems that affect our people, but openly used to finance the expansion of Castro-communism in the region. That is why much of the international community, bribed with Venezuelan petrodollars, endorse and legitimize the Cuban invasion in Venezuela.

6. It is publicly and well known that the fate of Venezuelans is no longer decided by our own authorities, but defined blatantly in Havana, with the open participation of the Castro brothers.

7. Concerned about the physical disapearance of President Chavez, the Cuban regime has designed a mechanism to perpetuate its control over Venezuela.This maneuver includes strengthening a successor in compliance with their interests, in the figure of Mr. Nicolás Maduro, and promote a «pact» between the different sectors of the PSUV (party), which guarantees the continuity of the Cuban interference in our nation.

8. This move has the support of several Latin American presidents, including those of Argentina, Bolivia, Ecuador, Nicaragua and Uruguay, who not only share the same ideology and the same political goals, but benefit from the economic contributions provided by the Venezuelan government.

9. All this is a clear violation of the Constitution and the laws; which configures a coup in favor of a foreign power, which ultimately means the transformation of the Venezuelan state into a cuban appendix.

10. Although our approach is reasonable, democratic and constitutional; government spokesmen and some sectors of the opposition will call it «a coup plot». However, it is clearly the opposite:  such coup or conspiracy is lead by those who have been violating the Constitution systematically. To reinstate it, there is an explicit mandate, as defined in its Article 333.

During the next few days it will be defined whether Venezuela will cease to exist as a nation, to finally become a Cubann colony, or recover our identity and historical destiny. We believe that our Armed Forces, supported by all sectors of civil society, together we will take a step forward and will prevent the dissolution of our Country.
Caracas, January 10th 2013

Enrique Aristeguieta Gramcko
Oscar Centeno Lusinchi
Enrique Tejera París
Pedro Pablo Aguilar
Oswaldo Álvarez Paz
María Corina Machado
Diego Arria
Pablo Medina
Marcel Granier
Miguel Henrique Otero
Héctor Silva Michelena
Emeterio Gómez
Aníbal Romero
Elides Rojas
Werner Corrales-Leal
Antonio Sánchez García
Asdrúbal Aguiar
Eduardo Roche Lander
Julio César Moreno León
G/D Fernando Ochoa Antich
José Curiel Rodríguez
Rafael Marín
Yon Goicoechea
Rafael Alfonzo
Alfredo Coronil Hartmann
Alberto Arteaga Sánchez
Manuel Felipe Sierra
Rafael Muci Mendoza
Eddie Ramírez
Francisco Kerdel Vegas
Blas Bruni Celli
Marco Tulio Bruni Celli
Paulina Gamus
V/A Rafael Huizi Clavier
G/D Rafael Montero Revette
G/D Carlos Julio Peñaloza
V/A Mario Iván Carratú Molina
G/D Jesús Emilio Hung Abreu
G/D Manuel Andara Clavier
G/D José Antonio Olavarría
Ángela Zago
Alberto Francheschi
Luis Betancourt Oteyza
Carlos Armando Figueredo
José Antonio Cova Sosa
Adriana Vigilanza
Luisa Elena Vidaurre
Rodrigo Diamanti
G/B Juan Antonio Herrera Betancourt
Valentín Arenas
Macky Arenas
Nitu Pérez Osuna
Humberto Maio Negrete
Benjamín Scharifker
Hugo Groening Pulido
Alfredo Weil
Antonio Rodríguez Iturbe
J. Oswaldo Páez Pumar
Alejandro Páez Pumar
Marisol Sarría Pietri
Iruña Urruticoechea
María Isabel Oliveros López
Armando Michelangeli Ayala
Julio César Arreaza Bustamante
Anne Marie Bach de Fuentes
Juan Enrique Hugo Baasch
Alida Preato Z.
Nelson Duque Hernández
Sofia Armas de Pedagua
M. L. Maritza Buch de Boede
Carlos Ramírez López
Rosa A. de Pardo
C/A Elías Buchszer Cabriles
Adolfo R. Taylhardat
María Elena Arenas
Theresly Malavé
V/A Jesús Enrique Briceño García
V/A Eddy Guerra Conde
V/A Carlos Ramos Flores
G/D Enrique Prieto Silva
G/D Juan Ferrer Barazarte
G/D Luis Camacho Kairuz
G/B Teodoro Díaz Zavala
G/B Simón Figuera Pérez
G/B Miguel Aparicio Ramírez
G/B Ovidio Poggioli
G/B Luis José Hernández Campos
Guillermo Salas
Ana Luisa Arcay Viso
Ludwig  Moreno Ladera
Luis Manuel Aguana
Iñaki Gainzaraín Gaztelu
Elsa Boccheciampe
Janet Fermín
Eduardo Báez Torrealba
Luis Octavio Diez Rodríguez
Carlos Alvarado Grimán
Antonio Suels Aranda
Rafael A. Escalona Z.
Carlos A. Escalona Z.
Cnel. Luis Alfonso Dávila
Cnel. Rubén Bustillos R.
C/N Victor Manuel Ponte Mendez
Cnel. Antonio Semprún
Cnel. Silvino Bustillos
Edgar Parra Moreno
Juan Alcides Escalona
Luis Guillermo Pilonieta
Juan José Monsant
Miguel Alfonzo Ocanto
Gustavo Sosa Izaguirre
Andrés Scott Velásquez
Luis Hidalgo Parisca
Rodolfo Álvarez Bajares
Julio Dávila Cárdenas
Hans E. Adam
T/F Gerardo Maldonado Cámera
José M. Lander
Alfonso Graterol
Hermann Boede
Eckart Boede
Margarita Palacios Cabré
Miriam Nikken de López
Luis J. Joly Tinoco
Alicia Chagín Nazar
Chópite García
Rafael Tremols Fresneda
Luis Monch Orta
Gerardo A. Bernal U.
Antonio Nicolás Briceño Braun
Nelson Barreto Herrera
María Teresa van der Ree
Marcial Enrique Márquez
Carmen María Zamora Lara
Luis Alfredo Urriola
Ana Beatriz Azuaje de Inglessis
Pedro Saturno
Sara Espinoza
Cristina Guzman
Gladys Ronca
Pedro Paúl Bello
Rafael Leon
Julio Deffit
Florinda Arguello
Ing. Roberto Da Silva
Lorenzo Maldonado Cámera
Carlos Anglade
Carlota Anglade
Carlos Redondo Morazzani
Luisa Carvajal
Bernardo Neher Borjas
Dulce Maria Gonzalez
Hernán Salazar
Annelisse Castillo
Thais Elizabeth Marin Duque
Henrique Faria Colotto

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