Chavez supporters in raw meat stunt

SUPPORTERS of Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez waved raw meat at hunger strikers yesterday, in mockery of a protest against alleged human rights abuses.

More than 50 students have been on hunger strike to highlight cases of jailed Chavez opponents. A small group of his backers tried to set up a barbecue outside a Caracas building where a dozen hunger strikers have been camped for three weeks.