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VENEZUELA: CARACAS SAYS EX-U.S. ENVOY WARNED OF CHAVEZ DEATH PLOTS

Analysis by Humberto Mrquez
Inter Press Service English News Wire
03-10-2005
CARACAS, Mar. 9, 2005 (IPS/GIN) -- Venezuelan President Hugo
Chvez has repeatedly claimed that the U.S. government has plans
to assassinate him and thus trigger chaos that would allow it to
intervene militarily and take control of the South American
country's huge oil reserves.
Now, recent statements by the top U.S. official in Venezuela
appear to back up his fears.
In an interview last weekend with the Peruvian newspaper El
Comercio, Venezuelan Vice President Jos Vicente Rangel reported
that former U.S. Ambassador Charles Shapiro had warned him of the
possibility of an attempt on Chvez's life.
Shapiro, who served ...

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