Opposition international protest turnout very low

www.vheadline.com Posted: Monday, March 10, 2003 By: Robert Rudnicki

Protests that had been planned by Venezuelan opposition groups based abroad were scheduled to take place in several cities across the globe, but many saw very low turnouts, while in other cities the marches failed to materialize.

The opposition had been hoping that the international demonstrations would draw extra attention to Venezuela's political plight, but only a few marches were able to start as expected.

Around 200 people demonstrated outside the White House and around half that number in Atlanta, while protests in many European cities never got underway.