Foes Scoff as Chavez Decries New Coup Plot
From Times Wire Reports
VENEZUELA
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said a coup conspiracy uncovered by his government included a plan to kill him, but political opponents dismissed his allegations as a “show” aimed at discrediting them.
Nearly six months after surviving a short-lived coup in April, the left-wing former paratrooper announced Saturday that his government had foiled a new plot against him headed by an 83-year-old former foreign minister, Enrique Tejera Paris. Tejera has denied the accusations.
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