Venezuelan VP: CIA plotting to kill Chávez
Venezuelan Vice President José Vicente Rangel has claimed that President Hugo Chávez' life "is seriously threatened," and puts the blame on the CIA for plotting to kill the Venezuelan head of State.

Rangel made the remarks during a summit on terrorism held in Havana, Cuba and hosted by Cuban president Fidel Castro.

Rangel added that the Colombian paramilitary troopers, hired assassins, and Cuban exiles in Miami are plotting to assassinate Chávez, while in his words "the Central Intelligence Agency is pulling the strings."