Carlos Alfonso Ortega Carvajal (born c. 1945) is a former union and political leader in

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. Ortega, then head of Fedepetrol, the oil workers union, was elected leader of the Confederación de Trabajadores de Venezuela (CTV) union federation in 2001. He played an important role during the

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, resulting in a 16-year prison term. Ortega ultimately escaped from prison on 13 August 2006.

Head of CTV

In 2001, Ortega was elected leader of the Confederación de Trabajadores de Venezuela (CTV), then the largest

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federation in Venezuela. The results were disputed and the

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refused to ratify them. In April 2002, under Carlos Ortega's leadership, the CTV declared a national strike, to protest against the perceived increasingly dictatorial policies of Venezuelan President

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. This culminated in a protest march to

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. After violence resulted in the death of 19 people, President Chávez was briefly removed from power in the 2002 Venezuelan coup d'état. Between December 2002 and February 2003, CTV and Fedecámaras carried out a joint strike work stoppage, the

. Chávez had moved in late 2002 to implement greater control over the state oil company, Petróleos de Venezuela (

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), and its revenues. For two months following December 2, 2002, Chávez faced a strike organized by the PDVSA management who sought to force Chávez out of office by completely removing his access to the all-important government oil revenue. The strike, led by a coalition of labor unions and oil workers, sought to halt the activities of the PDVSA, and for some time successfully did so.

Charges and asylum

After charges were brought against Ortega in relation to the strike, he was granted asylum from the embassy of Costa Rica on March 14, 2003, and left Venezuela on March 27, 2003. On March 30, 2004, Ortega's asylum in

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was revoked after he failed to comply with the rules set by the government of Costa Rica when the asylum was granted: "he reportedly told a meeting in Miami, Florida, that he would return to Venezuela to work clandestinely to remove the government of Hugo Chavez."''

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Head of CTV

Charges and asylum

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