Hugo Chavez: CIA Infuses Opposition
The CIA and US diplomats are meeting with opposition factions to train them to obstruct the presidential elections, according to statements by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Wednesday.

Addressing supporters in Maracaibo, Zulia State, Chavez branded hopefuls of the opposition as candidates of the empire of Mister Devil, as he dubbed US President George W Bush.

Candidates of the empire have begun visiting Miami, receiving money and instructions, and secretly holding talks with the gringos there, he said.

Chavez, candidate for reelection of the Fifth Republic Movement and 20 political organizations, said he knows where they meet with the devil´s envoys, officials of the CIA and the gringo embassy in Caracas.

The leader of the Bolivarian Revolution urged sympathizers to fully support him in elections in that major oil territory, currently in hands of opposition Gov. Manuel Rosales, who was recently in Miami on a private tour, as he put it.

However, newspapers in Caracas published that Rosales went there to search for instructions and backing to push his campaign based on a proposal to directly distribute a portion of the oil revenue.

Rosales was picked by the opposition to try to rein-in the overwhelming support for the re-election of Chavez, with voter intention surpassing 50 percent in the polls.

The Zulia governor is being accused of supporting the coup against Chavez in April 2002 and secretly fostering ruses for the secession of the oil rich state of Zulia.