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03/31/2004:

"Costa Rica throws out Chavez foe"

Costa Rica's government says it has cancelled the asylum given to a leading Venezuelan opposition figure, after he gave a controversial speech in the US.

Union leader Carlos Ortega requested asylum last year, saying he faced persecution in Venezuela.

Last week he reportedly told a meeting in Miami, Florida, that he would return to Venezuela to work clandestinely to remove the government of Hugo Chavez
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3583699.stm