Reply #122: More of the information US ambassador Charles Shapiro gave on a plot to [View All]

[Judi Lynn]

kill the Venezuelan President:

Venezuela's accusations against Washington were given added credibility when Venezuelan Vice-President Jose Rangel told the media that former US ambassador to Venezuela Charles Shapiro had informed him of a potential plot to kill Chavez.

According to a March 9 Vheadline report, current US ambassador Brownfield confirmed that Shapiro had informed the Venezuelan government that US officials had information of a potential assassination attempt. Brownfield denied that the US government was party to the plot.
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http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/619/619p17.htm

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Former US ambassador warned about plot to kill Chavez

Venezuelan Vice President Jose Vicente Rangel revealed in an interview published Sunday in a Peruvian newspaper that former U.S. Ambassador to Venezuela Charles Shapiro warned him of a possible plot to kill President Hugo Chavez.

Vice Pte. Rangel
"Former (U.S.) Ambassador Charles Shapiro told me that he had information about a possible attempt against President Chavez," Rangel told Peruvian daily El Comercio. However according to Mr. Rangel, the former U.S. ambassador "did not provide more details" about the possible attack but pointed out that "having such information, for legal reasons the United States was forced to tell us".
"But you know that's why he was later recalled" by President George W. Bush's administration, Rangel added.
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