Latinnews Daily - 21 May 2004

The first part of the process of verifying all the signatures on the petition to hold a referendum on President Hugo Chávez 's government will begin today, 21 May. Up until next Sunday, voters in 11 of Venezuela's 23 regions whose signatures were considered doubtful by the national electoral council (CNE) will be able to attend verification centres in order to confirm or withdraw their opposition to fourteen Assembly deputies.