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Venezuela to File Complaint Against U.S.
Posted by Jeff (Guest) jeff@attoz.com - Thursday, March 11 2004, 1:18:05 (EST)
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It's about damn time.

Incidentally, Bushcroft is trying to weaken and/or eliminate the Freedom of Information Act. I wonder why?

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Venezuela to File Complaint Against U.S.
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By CHRISTOPHER TOOTHAKER, Associated Press Writer

CARACAS, Venezuela - The government of President Hugo Chavez said Wednesday it will file a complaint with the Organization of American States, accusing the United States of meddling in Venezuela's domestic affairs.




Venezuela's ambassador to the OAS, Jorge Valero, said he plans to present proof that Washington has given financial and logistical support to opposition groups pushing for Chavez's ouster.


"Democratic rules must be respected. It can't be permitted that a foreign government is breaking them and supporting groups that try to destabilize the democratic institutions in Venezuela," Valero said.


Citing documents obtained under the U.S. Freedom of Information Act, Chavez has accused the National Endowment for Democracy, an American nonprofit agency, of interfering in Venezuelan affairs by funding opposition groups. The endowment receives U.S. government money.


Venezuela says the endowment gave money to Sumate, a Venezuelan group that organized a recall petition against Chavez, and the Venezuelan Workers Confederation, which led a 2003 strike that failed to topple the president.


Valero said the complaint would likely be presented to the 34-nation body on Tuesday.


The United States has repeatedly denied trying to overthrow Chavez, noting the endowment funds democratic movements worldwide.


Chavez, a former military commander who was elected in 1998 and re-elected in 2000, has accused the United States of backing a 2002 coup that briefly ousted him.


On Tuesday, Chavez told foreign oil executives that economic ties between the United States and Venezuela should remain stable despite Washington's alleged efforts to overthrow his "revolutionary" government.


Chavez had earlier vowed to halt oil exports to the U.S. and wage a "100-year war" if Washington ever tried to invade Venezuela.


U.S. officials disapprove of Chavez's increasingly close ties with Cuba's Fidel Castro (news - web sites) and his criticism of U.S.-led negotiations for a free trade zone of the Americas.


Also Wednesday, a group of Venezuelan newspaper owners accused the government of violating press freedoms and human rights during recent protests and said it would file a complaint with the Inter American Press Association, a Miami-based watchdog group.


Bloque de Prensa accused security forces of killing, imprisoning and torturing people during protests that erupted after the National Elections Council decided that the petition for the recall referendum against Chavez lacked enough signatures.


On Wednesday, Information Minister Jesse Chacon said local television stations and newspapers incited people to violence.


The press group said the government was blaming the media in order to lay the groundwork for censorship.



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