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[bacasper]

Venezuela nabs suspected coup plotters

Wed, 24 Sep 2008 22:47:56 GMT


Two suspects have been arrested during an investigation into an alleged plot to assassinate President Hugo Chavez and launch a military coup.

The suspects were detained in the state of Zulia, 500 kilometers (310 miles) west of Caracas with an arsenal that included a rocket launcher, hand grenades and ammunition, Venezuelan Interior Minister Tarek El Aissami said on Wednesday.

El Aissami did not identify the suspects, but did say that they were Venezuelan nationals.

He said the rocket launcher was a Carl-Gustaf model, a bazooka-like weapon commonly referred to as an anti-tank recoilless rifle. Venezuela's military does not have such weapons, El Aissami said.

Prosecutors are investigating a coup plot allegedly planned by active and retired military officers and supported by the opposition media and the US government.

The US government has been trying to overthrow Chavez; in 2002, Chavez survived a US-backed 47-hour coup.

[Jandar]

Venezuela ousts rights workers after they issue critical report

September 20, 2008 -- Updated 0739 GMT

(CNN) -- The Venezuelan government has expelled two Human Rights Watch staffers and ordered them not to return, the group said Friday.
Jose Miguel Vivanco was kicked out of Venezuela after issuing a report critical of the country's president.


The men were kicked out of Venezuela on Thursday night, hours after issuing a report in the capital of Caracas that asserted that the 10-year rule of President Hugo Chavez has weakened democratic institutions in the country.

Jose Miguel Vivanco, Americas director at Human Rights Watch, and Americas deputy director Daniel Wilkinson were confronted at their hotel and given a letter accusing them of anti-state activities, the organization said Friday.

"Their cell phones were confiscated, and their requests to be allowed to contact their embassies were denied," the group said in a written statement. "They were put into cars, taken to the airport and put on a plane to S�o Paulo, Brazil, where they landed this morning."

"This is the first time this has happened in the Americas," said Conor Fortune, a press officer for the group. "The events basically prove many of the points made in the report: that Venezuela is still a very repressive country under Chavez."

http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/09/19/venezuela.critics/index.html

http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/09/19/venezuela.critics/index.html#cnnSTCVideo[/b]

[bacasper]

Venezuela and Cuba have enacted some pretty repressive mutual legislation. For example, if anyone in Cuba speaks against the Venezuelan government, he can be brought to Venezuela and tried there, EVEN a Cuban who has never left his country before! I think it works vice versa, too.

I suppose that is one way they can get to travel.

[Summer Wine]

Ouch,

Bucheonbum scored some good points in my reading of this topic.

Hey BB, don't let idiots rile you. That was the first time I have ever read anything from you that made me seem you were a little ticked.

I respect you as in all the time I have read this forum, you are at the top of my list in knowing certain issues well, arguing them well and being nice about it.

Don't burn them too bad, they wont come back for more.

[bangbayed]

[bucheon bum]

so i'm venezuela? Oh well, then I'd have to look in the mirror now wouldn't I? Think I'd get a hint that I wasn't well-liked.

[bangbayed]

Actually -- and this is really just according to your response -- you're the asshole.
Personally I think you're a swell guy though. Don't be so hard on yourself.

[bucheon bum]

[Kuros]

[Joo Rip Gwa Rhhee]

[bacasper]

In October 2000, Nick Rockefeller told Aaron Russo that there was going to be "an event that would allow us to invade Afghanistan and Iraq" - and Venezuela!

Watch it here.

[bacasper]

This may make it more likely.

Venezuela proposes founding world oil bank

Venezuelan Minister of Planning and Development Haiman El Troudi added that Iran, Russia and Venezuela have so far announced their preparedness to set up the entity.

Venezuelan Minister of Planning and Development Haiman El Troudi on Sunday quoted President Hugo Chavez as proposing establishment of world oil bank.

Following a meeting with Iran's Industries and Mines Minister Ali Akbar Mehrabian, he further added that Iran, Russia and Venezuela have so far announced their preparedness to set up the entity.

"Iran and Venezuela have taken numerous steps for promoting the level of ties, including setting up of joint fund and bank," he said, adding that many of Iranian companies are currently implementing different projects in Venezuela.

Iran-Venezuela ties are currently at the best level and powerful countries which intended to mount pressure on them are now on the verge of collapse, Troudi said.

"We want to show to the world how the two countries are cooperating with each other," he said.

Mehrabian, for his part, said that several months ago, the two countries designed the plan for extension of Apure-Orinoco road and Iran conducted necessary studies and presented the results to that country.

The plan was warmly welcomed by President Chavez, Mehrabian said.

Stating that studies on the road will continue, he said, "We seek to sign an agreement on the extension of the road."

Tehran-Caracas ties are deep-rooted and their presidents are firm in further deepening them, he said. --IRNA

[RJjr]

It looks like Iceland is going to be moved up to the front of the invasion schedule now that they've reached full-blown terrorist status. If we're serious about the War on Terror and if we're going to either be with the British or against them...

This website shows how psychologically unstable the English-speaking countries have become: http://www.indefence.is/postcards.php Calling Iceland terrorists? Just a decade ago, that would've been unthinkable. Now, it's not even a surprise.