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The death of Franklin Brito

denseminds:

Franklin Brito, who had been going on a hunger strike for months to demand the return of his lands, expropriated by Hugo Chavez’s government, died tonight at 9 PM. The last eight months of his life he was under “government custody”, taken away to the Military Hospital under the premise that he was “psychologically unbalanced” for persisting on his cause.

More on this/past news:
http://daniel-venezuela.blogspot.com/2010/08/franklin-brito-is-dead-another-crime-to.html
http://devilsexcrement.com/2009/12/13/franklin-britos-nightmare-ends-in-government-kidnapping/
http://leurticant.com/oas-ignored-mr-brito-is-dying-at-oas-doors-in

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