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Hugo Chavez Denounces US Plan to
Invade Venezuela
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez
has denounced here Saturday the
existence of a US governmental
plan, codenamed Plan Balboa, to
invade Venezuela.
In statements to the ABC TV
network, Chavez said he has
evidence of the plan, and even
promised he will send his
interviewer portions of the
proving documents of Plan
Balboa.
Chavez assured Venezuela is
ready to fight an aggression and
predicted that Washington will
be involved in a 100-year war,
in case it attacks the
government of Caracas.
He said that recently, US
soldiers participated in
military exercises in the island
of Curacao, just in front of the
Venezuelan northeastern coast,
saying it´s a sign of military
preparations.
The Venezuelan dignitary, who
flew to New York to attend the
UN Summit, reasserted his
warning that in case of an
attack Caracas would interrupt
its oil supply to US.
US receives nearly a million and
half barrels a day from
Venezuela.
Chavez also rejected statements
by the White House on the
possible apathy of Caracas in
fighting drug-trafficking.
"That is totally false, we have
established a record on seizing
cocaine this year," Chavez
stressed.
In a news conference in New
York, in the framework of the
60th Period of Sessions of the
UN General Assembly, Chavez
denounced the double standard of
the US government on terrorism.
He said that Washington protects
Luis Posada Carriles, the father
of all terrorists, who among
other acts of terror, blew up a
Cuban commercial plane that took
the life of 73 people in 1976.
He also mentioned the calls
voiced by Reverend Pat
Robertson, who said that killing
Chavez was much less expensive
than starting a 200-million
dollar war.
"That is terrorism, but the US
government protects Robertson,
because he is quite close to the
White House and he finances
electoral campaigns," he
commented.
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