Venezuela's
acting president said on Wednesday that "far right" politicians in the United
States are plotting to kill opposition leader Henrique Capriles.
"We have
detected plans by the far right, linked to the groups of (former Bush
administration officials) Roger Noriega and Otto Reich, to make an attempt
against the opposition presidential candidate," Nicolas Maduro
said.
Maduro also said
the plot to kill Capriles is part of a conspiracy against Venezuela. The
Venezuelan government has also accused the U.S. of causing late president Hugo
Chavez’s death.
Maduro and
Capriles are both running for president, though Maduro has pledged to continue
the policies of Chavez.
Ron Ridenour, a
veteran journalist and author from Denmark says it is possible Hugo Chavez, who
died last week, was the victim of U.S. germ warfare The U.S. has
attempted to assassinate various world leaders including Prime Minister Patrice
Lumumba of Congo, Fidel Castro of Cuba and General Abd al-Karim Kassin (Qasim)
of Iraq, Ridenour said in an interview with Press TV’s U.S. Desk on March
13. Venezuela
Vice-President Nicolas Maduro said on March 6th, just hours after President Hugo
Chavez’s death, that the U.S. might have infected their president with poisonous
bacteria. Venezuela's
relations with the U.S. have been strained for years. NBC
News On March 11, The
Unites States expelled two Venezuelan diplomats in what the Washington Post
called a "diplomatic tit-for-tat" following Venezuela’s expulsion of two
American military attaches last week. UPI In 2008, Chavez
expelled the American ambassador, claiming the U.S. was orchestrating a military
coup. He had repeatedly claimed to be the target of assassination plots from
domestic and international opponents. NBC News “The hegemonic
pretensions of the American empire are placing at risk the very survival of the
human species,” he said in a 2006 speech at the United Nations. In the same
speech he called President George W. Bush “the devil.” NY
Times
AHT/HJ
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