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(9 Apr 2002) 1. Various of convoy of military vehicles driving along streets 2. Tracking shot along parked military vehicles as soldiers in riot gear get out 3. Mid shot soldiers getting out 4. Military vehicles 5. Busy street with soldiers waving on traffic and demonstrators at sides 6. Mid shot demonstrators with banners chanting 7. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Voxpop "People are at work. I am a Venezuelan here watching it all. All Venezuelans are at work. The strike is a failure, a total failure." 8. Soldiers and demonstrators in background 9. Traffic driving slowly with demonstrators on sides of road 10. Various of policemen on motorbikes 11. Police and their motorbikes waiting outside building (extra police on shift for the day but not needed as strike smaller than expected) STORYLINE: Venezuela's government all but silenced independent broadcast news reporting of a nationwide general strike called on Tuesday to support a work slowdown at the state oil monopoly. Angry leaders of Venezuela's largest business and labour confederations accused President Hugo Chavez's government of violating every norm guaranteeing freedom of expression with its broadcasts showing people at work, pro-government rallies, and claims that all was calm. By law, all media must broadcast government transmissions and dozens were forced upon them on Monday and Tuesday. Vice President Diosdado Cabello accused Venezuela's news media of conspiring to destabilise Chavez's government. Fedecamaras and the (m) million-member Venezuelan Workers Confederation called the 24-hour strike to support a work slowdown at the government oil monopoly Petroleos de Venezuela, whose managers are protesting against top management appointed by Chavez on February 25. The slowdown has had oil markets on alert following Iraq's decision to stop oil exports for 30 days to demand that Israeli forces abandon Palestinian territories. The secretary general of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) warned on Monday that Venezuela's disruptions and Iraq's action could create an oil crisis. Iraq and Venezuela jointly export about 4.5 (m) million barrels of oil per day. Venezuela alone exports nearly one (m) million barrels of crude daily to the United States. Chavez supporters clashed briefly with opposition leaders, including Democratic Action party leader Rafael Martin, outside the National Assembly before National Guard troops intervened. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...