Venezuela probes group pushing secession

[Judi Lynn]

Venezuela probes group pushing secession

Monday, March 6, 2006; Posted: 12:03 p.m. EST (17:03 GMT)
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- Venezuelan prosecutors say they are investigating a group opposed to President Hugo Chavez that is promoting the secession of an oil-rich region in western Venezuela.

The attorney general's office announced in a statement Sunday that prosecutors began investigating the group, which was not named, last month to determine if its actions posed a threat to national security.

The announcement came hours after Chavez said U.S. officials were working behind the scenes with the governor of Zulia state, which is home to much of Venezuela's important oil industry, to create a secession movement loyal to U.S. interests.

Zulia state is governed by Manuel Rosales, an outspoken opponent of left-leaning Chavez.
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http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/americas/03/06/venezuela.secession.ap/

[marmar]

1. Check their frequent flyer statements....

to see how many trips they've made to Washington.

[Judi Lynn]

5. Good idea.The coup plotters huddled in Washington in the State Department

with Otto Reich and others prior to the coup and kidnapping of Chavez, didn't they?

[mom cat]

8. Sounds like treason to me.

[Judi Lynn]

9. It really does, when you simply imagine this situation playing out

with anti-_Bush Americans conspiring with the government of another country, in its capitol, right leading up to a coup attempt.

We're so used to having our right-wing Presidents interpret everything they do as being completely appropriate, a lot of people have never learned to question them. Pity, isn't it?

[mom cat]

11. Most Americans have been too brainwashed to know how to start

protesting such actions, yet most do not trust what is going on at all.

[Jack Rabbit]

2. Do they want to secede or

Do they want to be admitted to the Union?

[radio4progressives]

3. The Hand of the United States Interference as Usual..

Sickening.

[Webster Green]

4. I smell a chimp...

The odor is hard to miss.:mad:

[radio4progressives]

6. you got it...

[killbotfactory]

7. Remember now: It's not about the oil...

It's about freedom to escape the ruthless claws of the brutal dictator Chavez!

[Judi Lynn]

10. The terrifying Smiling Dictator!