Alleging Coup Plot, Chávez Ousts U.S. Envoy Go Home, Gringo
BY SIMON ROMERO
President Hugo Chávez of Venezuela said Thursday that he was expelling the American ambassador, Patrick Duddy, giving him 72 hours to leave the country. Mr. Chávez took this step after he said his government had discovered an American-supported plot by military officers to topple him. Continue
By Richard Gott
On the 35th anniversary of the military overthrow of Salvador Allende in Chile on September 11, 1973, which had the overt support of the United States, the presidents of Bolivia and Venezuela have asked the US ambassadors accredited to their countries to leave. Continue
Friday, 12 September 2008
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