Chavez Dead

[otohara]

[The Straight Story]

1. from AP:

The Associated Press ?@AP

BREAKING: Venezuelan Vice President Nicolas Maduro says President Hugo Chavez has died.

[RZM]

2. Let me be the first to say

I hope these threads don't turn into CT fests. Whether you loved him, hated him, or are indifferent, I hope we can keep it to the facts.

[stevenleser]

8. Too late. Demands for an autopsy already demanded in one of those threads.

I'm sure you can guess who is the target of the reasoning.

[Recursion]

3. Senior US diplomats in Venezuela declared personae non gratae

24 hours to evacuate. Not a joke.

Sigh.

[RZM]

5. Where did you hear that? n/t

[Brother Buzz]

11. It may be only one individual, and the actions were initiated before Chavez's death was announced

Venezuela to expel US Embassy official

Source: Associated Press

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- Venezuela's vice president, Nicolas Maduro, says the government of President Hugo Chavez plans to expel a U.S. Embassy official for meeting with military officers and planning to destabilize the country.

Maduro identified the American as the Air Force attache and said he had been spying on the military.

He said the official has 24 hours to leave the country.

Embassy spokesman Greg Adams identified the attache as David Delmonaco.

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/L/LT_VENEZUELA_CHAVEZ?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2013-03-05-13-34-00

[Lone_Star_Dem]

14. A second one has been announced

(CNN) -- Venezuela expelled two U.S. officials on Tuesday as it accused enemies of "attacking" President Hugo Chavez and suggested someone may have deliberately infected the ailing leader with cancer.
Both U.S. officials, air attaches at the U.S. Embassy in Caracas, are accused of having meetings with members of the Venezuelan military and encouraging them to pursue "destabilizing projects," Venezuelan Foreign Minister Elias Jaua said.
"We will not allow any foreign interference in our country," Jaua said. "Do not think that the situation of pain over the health of President Chavez will translate into weakness."
A senior Obama administration official told CNN that the United States "denies the charge that the air attache, or anyone else in our embassy or the U.S. government, was plotting against the Venezuelan government."

http://m.indianapolisrecorder.com/mobile/news/international/article_6e23d098-85d7-11e2-ad1a-0019bb2963f4.html

There are rumors of more to follow, but only time will tell.

[Recursion]

15. Friends at State

2 is the start.

[catnhatnh]

12. Actually, "A" senior diplomat...

the US Air Force attache (read:CIA spy)...

[Egalitarian Thug]

6. RIP Hugo. I hope they can keep what you built going. n/t

[cali]

7. From CNN

http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/05/world/americas/venezuela-chavez-main/?hpt=hp_t2

I believe elections will be held in 30 days.

[SidDithers]

9. Kick for exposure...nt

Sid

[malaise]

10. Rest in peace neighbour

and friend.

[Go Vols]

13. Venezuela's Hugo Chavez dies of cancer

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/americas/2013/03/20133522030252330.html