Venezuelan President
Accuses Opposition Of
Engineering Crisis
CARACAS - Venezuelan
President Hugo Chavez on
Sunday accused the
opposition of
engineering a political
crisis in the country
for next year in a
renewed attempt to
overthrow him.
The opposition was
preparing subversive
plans together with "the
paramilitaries in
Colombia, the extreme
fascist right of
Venezuela and the U.S.
imperialist government,"
Chavez said at events
marking the Discovery of
America, which is now
celebrated in Venezuela
as the Day of the
Indigenous Resistance.
Some observers saw
Chavez' remarks as part
of a political strategy
to win over more voters
for his party in the
local elections
scheduled for Nov. 23.
Chavez accused
opposition leader Manuel
Rosales, a candidate for
the mayoralty of
Maracaibo, the
second-largest city of
Venezuela, of making
coups and subversive
plans.
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