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AFP. 15 April 2002. Venezuelan coup plotters were in contact with US embassy: report. WASHINGTON -- Venezuelan military officers, who unsuccessfully tried to topple President Hugo Chavez last week, were in contact with the US embassy in Caracas less than two months ago, Newsweek magazine reported Monday. The report cited Bush administration sources as saying that in late February, dissident Venezuelan military officers had informed embassy officials about planning a coup. The officers were told that "this was not acceptable, that a coup was not the way to go," the weekly reported quoting an unnamed source. But according to Newsweek, Chavez was widely seen in Washington as a hostile figure whose erratic leadership threatened US oil supplies as well as efforts to crack down on guerrilla forces tied to drug trafficking and terrorism in neighboring Colombia. The coup, which was launched late Thursday, succeeded in ousting Chavez for two days. The United States expressed no sympathy for Chavez after he was ejected from power early Friday and did not explicitly reject the interim government that replaced him. "The people of Venezuela have sent a clear message to President Chavez that they want both democracy and reform[!]," the White House said later in a statement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Barry Stoller http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ProletarianNews --------------------------- ANTI-NATO INFORMATION LIST ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: [email protected] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.a9617B Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
