Venezuela probes group pushing secession

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/

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

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

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?

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

Do they want to be admitted to the Union?

Sickening.

The odor is hard to miss.:mad:

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