Venezuela's opposition planned further protests Saturday, a day after demonstrations in favour of a referendum on recalling President Hugo Chavez turned deadly, with two people killed and 54 injured just outside the summit of the Group of 15 developing nations.
"We are going to take a series of measures this afternoon ... to demonstrate with flag-waving and pot-banging in favour of a recall referendum," said opposition spokesman Nelson Lara.
On Friday, National Guard troops used tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse 30,000 of Chavez's political foes, who awaited news on whether Venezuela's electoral authorities will organise a recall referendum against Chavez, who was at the summit.
Venezuela's opposition leaders said they collected 3.4 million signatures seeking the referendum on a recall of Chavez. The constitution requires a minimum of 2.4 million valid signatures.
Chavez insists that not enough valid signatures have been collected, charging opponents with fraud, but former US president Jimmy Carter, an electoral observer, has said the electoral council guaranteed monitors access to the verification process.
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