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 News from Around the Americas | December 2005 
Chavez Slams Conspiracy Plot
 Prensa Latina
| | Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez gestures as he delivers a speech during his visit to Bolivar town, in Canelones, Uruguay. (Reuters/Andres Stapff) |
Caracas - A terrorist plot during the legislative elections is the tip of the iceberg of a brutal plan seeking to ignite violence in Venezuela, President Hugo Chavez said.
Chavez disclosed information gathered by agents infiltrated in extreme rightwing groups, confirming that civilian conspirators, army members and "even people of the Church" and US officials are still holding secretive meetings.
In a phone call to Venezuelan Television "Contragolpe" (counterpunch) program, the leader of the Bolivarian Revolution stated that ex business leader and de facto president during the 2002 coup, Pedro Carmona, also participated in those gatherings.
He said evidence of conspiracy before the December 4 elections forced him to deploy Air Force troops and put military helicopters on alert during those days.
"They will not catch me off guard as on April 22, 2002," pointed out Chavez in reference to the coup that lasted three days.
On denunciations of a terrorist ploy to kill nearly 15,000 people, Chavez said it was the tip of the "iceberg of an international plan to trigger violence in the country."
He said several army members involved in the April 2002 coup had called battalions from the state of Guarico to join the destabilization campaign including his possible assassination.
Chavez branded the international observers´ call to change electoral officials following elections as a gross maneuver.
The president said the low turnout in the polling (25 percent) stemmed from faults in electoral campaigns, lack of a profound debate and triumphalism.
Chavez ratified his goal to win nearly ten million votes in the 2006 presidential elections. |
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