Chavez says US plots to kill him
Source: The News, 18-01-2008
MANAGUA: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez escalated a spat between Caracas and Bogota late on Wednesday by accusing Colombia and its US allies of plotting to kill him as the nations sparred over his ties with leftist rebels.
Colombia swiftly responded demanding the self-styled socialist show respect and halt his verbal attacks on the government of President Alvaro Uribe, who is Washington's closest ally in South America.
In Bogota, there are American officials and Colombian military officials conspiring against Venezuela, conspiring to kill me, conspiring to start an armed conflict between Colombia and Venezuela, Chavez said during a visit to Nicaragua.
Chavez has repeatedly accused his arch-enemy Washington of plotting to assassinate him, an accusation it denies. The Venezuelan leader said Colombian officials were now cooperating with US efforts against him. Leftist Chavez, who brokered the release last week of two women hostages held by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, has bickered for months with Uribe over his role in mediating a swap of hostages for jailed guerrillas.
MANAGUA: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez escalated a spat between Caracas and Bogota late on Wednesday by accusing Colombia and its US allies of plotting to kill him as the nations sparred over his ties with leftist rebels.
Colombia swiftly responded demanding the self-styled socialist show respect and halt his verbal attacks on the government of President Alvaro Uribe, who is Washington's closest ally in South America.
In Bogota, there are American officials and Colombian military officials conspiring against Venezuela, conspiring to kill me, conspiring to start an armed conflict between Colombia and Venezuela, Chavez said during a visit to Nicaragua.
Chavez has repeatedly accused his arch-enemy Washington of plotting to assassinate him, an accusation it denies. The Venezuelan leader said Colombian officials were now cooperating with US efforts against him. Leftist Chavez, who brokered the release last week of two women hostages held by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, has bickered for months with Uribe over his role in mediating a swap of hostages for jailed guerrillas.
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