Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, seen here on October 19, 2008, on Saturday announced he will not attend an upcoming summit in El Salvador due to security problems, while also charging that an opposition governor was trying to kill him. (AFP/File/Thomas Coex)Chavez Says Security Concerns Will Keep Him From Summit -- Yahoo News/AFP
CARACAS (AFP) – Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez on Saturday announced he will not attend an upcoming summit in El Salvador due to security problems, while also charging that an opposition governor was trying to kill him.
Chavez was to have attended a meeting of heads of state and government from Spain, Portugal and their ex-colonies in the Americas October 29-31.
But "I have just called off my trip to El Salvador to the Ibero-American Summit because my life is not guaranteed safe," Chavez told businessmen at an event in Maracaibo, saying he made the call after "a series of information" of concern.
The leftist leader, a staunch critic of the US government, said that in Central America "there are (Venezuelan) military people under the protection of Central American governments, the CIA and FBI," who were plotting to assassinate him.
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Update: Venezuela's Chavez wants to jail rival -- Reuters
My Comment: With oil prices falling, the monies that are used to keep Venezuela's Chavez in power are declining ..... and as predicted ..... his paranoia increases at the same time for all to see.