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Chavez says sniper plot foiled on presidential opponent
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| Contributor | Patrick |
| Last Edited | Patrick Dec 01, 2006 03:23am |
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| Media | Newspaper - USA Today |
| News Date | Friday, December 1, 2006 09:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — President Hugo Chavez said Thursday during a marathon news conference that authorities had foiled a planned sniper attack against his main opponent in this weekend's elections.
As campaigning ended ahead of Sunday's vote, Chavez said "fascist" militants had planned to use a rifle with a telescopic sight to shoot Manuel Rosales during a speech and then blame it on Chavez's government in hopes of derailing the balloting.
"It was to say that Chavez sent them to kill him, and generate chaos," Chavez told reporters at the presidential palace.
The Venezuelan leader used the 3 1/2-hour news conference to laud achievements of his "people's revolution" — citing statistics on lowered unemployment, a deep drop in poverty and petroleum-fueled economic growth.
He even quoted analysts from major foreign banks as saying the most dangerous scenario for this politically polarized country would be a Chavez election loss.
Chavez also said that upon re-election he would immediately convene a special commission to propose constitutional reforms to be approved by voters, likely including an end to presidential term limits. The current constitution would bar Chavez from running again in 2012. |
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