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Sunday 26 October 2008,
San José, Costa Rica
Chavez Cancels Trip To
Ibero-American Summit
Citing Security Risk
CARACAS - Venezuelan
President Hugo Chavez on
Saturday announced the
cancellation of his trip
to the 18th Ibero-American
summit in El Salvador
next week due to
security reasons.
He said intelligence
showed some armed groups
were trying to murder
him, and Manuel Rosales,
one of Venezuela's four
opposition governors, is
also plotting to
assassinate him.
"I have decided to make
Manuel Rosales a
prisoner... He cannot
continue in office,"
Chavez said.
The Ibero-American
summit, to be held from
Oct. 29 to 31, will be
attended by the leaders
of Spain, Portugal,
Andorra and 19 Spanish
and Portuguese-speaking
countries in Latin
America.
Venezuelan authorities
arrested six suspects
last month, including
several military
officers and
ex-officers, on
accusations of being
involved in a plot to
murder Chavez.
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