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On May 9, 2004, 126 Colombians were captured when they attacked a farm near Karakas. Chavez immediately accused them of being foreign-backed paramilitary forces with the intention of overthrowing his regime by violence. These incidents have only intensified the opposition between the camps supporting and opposing Chavez in Venezuelan society. Chavez also claimed that there was a coup plot to overthrow him in 2004, and the truth of this coup is still inconclusive. From June to 10 in 2005, 27 accused Colombians were convicted and the rest were released and deported.

In early and mid-2003, a referendum rights organization named "Súmate" (please join) began to collect millions of signatures needed to launch a referendum to recall the president. By August 2003, about 3.2 million signatures had been collected, but the Election Committee, which is dominated by Chavez supporters, refused to accept these signatures, because the Constitution stipulates that the recall of the president can only be initiated after more than half of his term of office (that is, three years), and these signatures have not yet served in Chavez. Opposition and international news reports said that Chavez began to punish those who participated in the joint signing, while Chavez's supporters claimed that many workers were forced to provide signatures by their employers in the workplace. In June 2003, 5438+065438+ 10, the opposition collected another joint signature, and as many as 3.6 million signatures were collected in just four days. At this time, there were rumors that Chavez fooled the signature collectors by deception, and riots broke out all over the country.

The constitution requires that the signatures of 20% voters must be collected before a recall referendum can be initiated. In addition, the national identity card number of the signatory is not confidential. The opposition also accused the Chavez government of raising the threshold for joint signing by granting citizenship to illegal immigrants and refugees. Before the referendum, the number of registered voters increased by 2 million, which greatly raised the threshold for initiating a recall referendum by 20%.

Many reports also claimed that Chavez's government punished those who publicly mailed signatures. Government departments, including the state-owned Venezuelan oil company, Caracas subway and public hospitals controlled by Chavez supporters, have been accused of arbitrarily dismissing employees who participated in the signature. Finally, after the opposition leaders submitted 2,436,830 valid signatures to the National Election Commission, the Election Commission announced that a recall referendum would be held on June 8, 2004. Chavez and his political allies also began to mobilize voters to vote "no".

The recall vote was held on August 15, 2004. As a result, 59% of the votes voted "No". EU observers claimed that the Chavez government imposed too many restrictions on them, which prevented them from observing the election. Observers at the Carter Center thought the election was fair and open. Critics claimed that this was a false result and used some documents to prove the completely opposite election result. Many people also question whether the voting machines owned by the government are true. Opponents claimed that this was a "massive fraud" election and questioned the inference of the Carter Center. However, five opinion polls conducted by the opposition also show that Chavez will win.