Venezuelan union leader Carlos Ortega, wanted by Venezuelan authorities
for leading a crippling strike against President Hugo Chavez, speaks to
the media after of meeting with Costa Rican Foreign Minister Roberto
Tovar, in San Jose, late March 27, 2003. Ortega, a fierce critic of
Chavez who spearheaded the two-month strike in a bid to unseat Chavez,
asked for asylum at Costa Rica's embassy to escape arrest on rebellion
charges. REUTERS/Juan Carlos Ulate

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