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Venezuela's Chavez Accuses U.S. Government of Considering his Assassination

Caracas, Venezuela. Feb 20, 2004 (Venezuelanalaysis.com).- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez denounced that the U.S. government is preparing "new aggressions" against him and against the Venezuelan people. "Before the world, before our people, before the Latin American people, and before the people of North America, for whom we have respect, I accuse the government of the United States of continuing their aggressions against Venezuela," he said during his weekly live TV show.

"The U.S. government has crashed in Venezuela, and will continue to crash as many times as they want," Chavez said in reference to alleged past attempts by the U.S. to remove him from power.

The mercurial Venezuelan leader has repeatedly accused the U.S. government of trying to oust him. Scattered evidence has linked the U.S. government to the 2002 coup d'etat against Chavez, and the U.S. financed opposition groups in Venezuela through the National Endowment for Democracy. Last August, twice-elected Chavez won a referendum on his rule, which was largely organized by groups that receive funds from the U.S. government.

The U.S. government publicly criticizes the democratically-elected leader, accusing him of undermining democracy. CIA Director Porter Goss recently said that Chavez “is consolidating his power by using technically legal tactics to target his opponents and meddling in the region.”

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