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(18,942 posts) Sun Mar 17, 2013, 02:27 PM Mar 2013

Venezuela's Maduro urges Obama to halt "plot" against rival [View all]

Source: Reuters

Venezuela's acting president urged U.S. President Barack Obama to stop what he called a plot by the Pentagon and the Central Intelligence Agency to kill his opposition rival and trigger a coup ahead of an April 14 election.

Nicolas Maduro said the plan was to blame his opponent's murder on the OPEC nation's government and to "fill Venezuelans with hate" as they prepare to vote following the death of socialist leader Hugo Chavez.

The United States denied the claim. "We categorically reject allegations of U.S. government involvement in any plot to harm anyone in Venezuela," State Department spokesman Patrick Ventrell said.

Maduro, a 50-year-old former bus driver and union leader, first mentioned a plot against his rival, Henrique Capriles, last week. He blamed it on former Bush administration officials Roger Noriega and Otto Reich. Both rejected the allegations as untrue, outrageous and defamatory.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/venezuelas-maduro-urges-obama-halt-plot-against-rival-162712026.html

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Venezuela's Maduro urges Obama to halt "plot" against rival [View all] Zorro Mar 2013 OP

Maduro is less sane than Chavez....wonderful. nt msanthrope Mar 2013 #1

Chavez was a decent man with bad gov. management. joshcryer Mar 2013 #20

I Lived In Venezuela for the Last Six Years, Maduro is an Intelligent, Decent, Man. Justina For Justice Mar 2013 #32

Great article, Justina! You point out so many things that... Peace Patriot Mar 2013 #36

We knew the U.S. corporate media knew Chavez' life was going to end soon when on one hand, Judi Lynn Mar 2013 #38

Great article. Thanks for posting. CanSocDem Mar 2013 #44

oh yes, whip up that bogeyman the US ROFL BuddhaGirl Mar 2013 #2

. Jamaal510 Mar 2013 #3

Unless he has proof, premium Mar 2013 #4

"Everything goes according to plan." DetlefK Mar 2013 #5

It's Maduro who is plotting to have his opponent killed. Archae Mar 2013 #6

Yep. Just pre-emptive strike so when COLGATE4 Mar 2013 #9

So, one conspiracy is true, the other isn't? SamReynolds Mar 2013 #11

good question. Proletariatprincess Mar 2013 #13

Well, we know they tried to kill Capriles once. joshcryer Mar 2013 #18

Is that sarcasm or hyperbole.... or both? SamReynolds Mar 2013 #27

Obama ordered the killing of Anwar al-Aulaqi. joshcryer Mar 2013 #29

Thank you. I know it was a lot of questions. One thing I don't understand... SamReynolds Mar 2013 #37

That's easy enough. joshcryer Mar 2013 #39

Capriles already survived one assassination attempt. joshcryer Mar 2013 #17

I will let Hugo's memory RIP UnseenUndergrad Mar 2013 #7

So much for better relations with the US jzodda Mar 2013 #8

Maduro may be lying.... Proletariatprincess Mar 2013 #10

You think the Obama administration is trying to kill Capriles? nt msanthrope Mar 2013 #30

I dont know... Proletariatprincess Mar 2013 #31

Thanks for Taking a Sane Position, U.S. Media on Chavez and Maduro Has Been Despicable. Justina For Justice Mar 2013 #33

The "...majority of their people have applauded and respected Chavez..."? Zorro Mar 2013 #42

Your blind faith in Maduro is touching, but geek tragedy Mar 2013 #43

Excellant Article on Daily Kos, Justina! Proletariatprincess Mar 2013 #45

The Venezuelan Sarah Palin. geek tragedy Mar 2013 #12

Why do you say that? Proletariatprincess Mar 2013 #14

Because he's an unstable flunky who lives on making inflammatory geek tragedy Mar 2013 #15

Are you saying that the USA/CIA would never do such a thing as he suggests? Proletariatprincess Mar 2013 #25

He makes stuff up. If he has evidence, good for him. geek tragedy Mar 2013 #28

Maduro is not all there to begin with. Here's a little more about him for the uniformed. David Zephyr Mar 2013 #16

He's also a homophobic bigot. joshcryer Mar 2013 #19

If one actually reads to the end of the linked article, one reads more good PufPuf23 Mar 2013 #21

Meddled? Your are too gracious, PufPuf23. David Zephyr Mar 2013 #23

On discussion forums? I think Maduro is fair game. joshcryer Mar 2013 #35

To be more specific for the 21st century PufPuf23 Mar 2013 #48

I'd love to know the journalism school which taught the Reuters writer Judi Lynn Mar 2013 #47

What one reads in the USA media about Latin America makes me grit my teeth. PufPuf23 Mar 2013 #49

Read the link..... Proletariatprincess Mar 2013 #22

Sai Baba? Not Marx, but Sai Baba. David Zephyr Mar 2013 #24

Even if it is true Proletariatprincess Mar 2013 #26

It matters to me. David Zephyr Mar 2013 #34

Post removed Post removed Mar 2013 #40

The former bus driver is trying to cause a fake scandal to boost his chances at the polls. Beacool Mar 2013 #41

Sai Baba,eh? Good enough for fellow thinker Goldie HAWN. Hmm, wonder how/what Nicky boy "donated" UTUSN Mar 2013 #46

Such shoddy reporting. Maduro specifically said former Bush people Catherina Mar 2013 #50

"The evidence wasn't released but I don't think Maduro is talking out of his ass. " geek tragedy Mar 2013 #51

The 2 US attaches that were expelled from Venezuela were "former Bush people", hughee99 Mar 2013 #52

What trial? They quietly returned to the US. The US isn't going to try them Catherina Mar 2013 #53

If the 2 attaches were meeting with the Venezuelan military to get them to commit treason hughee99 Mar 2013 #54

Well.... I don't give Obama a pass Catherina Mar 2013 #55

The poisonous former Reagan propaganda chief, Otto Reich, Judi Lynn Mar 2013 #56