PLOT TO ASSASSINATE VENEZUELAN PRESIDENT HUGO CHAVEZ REVEALED
Caracas, January 24 (RHC)-- A plot to kill Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez
has been unveiled in Miami. The head of the Venezuelan political party The
New Democratic Generation, Guillermo Garcia Ponce, told reporters in Caracas
that plans are underway to assassinate Chavez -- with contacts between
rightwing Cuban-Americans in southern Florida and Venezuelan politicians
closely
tied to the oil industry and Colombian paramilitary groups.
Garcia Ponce stated that the plans include using a hit-team armed with
sophisticated weapons. He said the terrorists also hope to recruit members
of the Venezuelan military, provoking an armed uprising against Hugo
Chavez.The leader of the New Democratic Generation warned the opposition in
Venezuela, stating that Chavez has wide support among the armed forces and
solid ties with the people. And he emphasized that the conditions for a
military coup do not exist in the Latin American country.
The Venezuelan political leader urged President Hugo Chavez to take
increased security measures and called for a full investigation into the
assassination plot being planned in Miami by anti-Cuban forces.
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_January_2001
