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Juan Fernandez, a former executive of Venezuela's state-run oil company, fled the South American nation in 2004 after he helped lead a two-month strike aimed at forcing Chavez's ouster.
Venezuelan authorities have sought to prosecute leaders of the strike, which severely slowed the economy.
Fernandez said that in addition to facing rebellion and conspiracy charges, he was threatened and had gone into hiding fearing for his life. When he left, Fernandez expected to return to Caracas before long.
But Chavez survived a 2004 recall referendum and was re-elected in 2006. The president's repeated victories have dashed Fernandez's hopes. He said if he were to return, he would be arrested.
"You feel anguish because you can't return to your home, especially when you feel persecuted," said Fernandez, who lived in Spain, Germany and the Caribbean island of Curacao before settling in Miami. "I can't go home to see my family, my friends, and challenge Chavez's power."
What a homo, he destroyed the economy for a decade then he whines that hes persecuted. I wonder how thes people think...
"I was just sending emails through my computer at the government building at work how Chavez should be dead and now I feel persecuted!" People who do that in the US don't have pleasant lives either.
Some folks would rather believe they were being threatened for saying 'happy 4th of july!' It's annoying how innocently theyre portrayed. They'll be happier in the US.
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