Media  called for the assassination of President Hugo Chavez Frias

www.vheadline.com Posted: Thursday, March 13, 2003 By: Robert Rudnicki

During a trip to Bogota Colombia, Venezuela's Foreign (MRE) Minister Roy Chaderton Matos has accused the media of trying to promote an assassination attempt of President Hugo Chavez Frias. According to the Minister evidence exists of such a plan.

"I have here with me a series of evidence in which the Venezuelan and some foreign mass media in the hemisphere have made calls for the assassination of the President of Venezuela."

The Foreign Minister also accused the Venezuelan opposition "supported by the media" of encouraging an attempt on the President's life.

The comments came after Chaderton arrived in Colombia for talks with the region's other Foreign Ministers. During the visit the Minister is also expected to discuss a presidential level summit with Colombian counterpart in a bid to resolve the tensions that have built up of the past few weeks.