Chavez Says U.S. Is Plotting to Kill Him
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From Times Wire Reports
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said the United States was planning to assassinate him, but offered no evidence to support his allegation.
“I know I am condemned.... I’m sure in Washington they are planning my death,” Chavez said in his regular Sunday broadcast. “If anything happens to me, you can forget about Venezuela’s oil, Mr. Bush.” Venezuela is a top oil supplier to the U.S.
Washington has often criticized Chavez’s leftist government.
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