VENEZUELA: PRESIDENT HUGO CHAVEZ ACCUES THE UNITED STATES OF PLOTTING TO OVERTHROW HIM

Record ID: 955343

  • Title: VENEZUELA: PRESIDENT HUGO CHAVEZ ACCUES THE UNITED STATES OF PLOTTING TO OVERTHROW HIM
  • Date: 13th January 2004
  • Summary: (W1) YARACUY, VENEZUELA (JANUARY 11, 2004) (GOVERNMENT TV) 1. HAS AUDIENCE WATCHING "HELLO PRESIDENT" PROGRAM 0.03 2. (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) PRESIDENT OF VENEZUELA HUGO CHAVEZ SAYING "If the National Electoral Council would say tomorrow [that there would be a referendum] this will not happen to me because the Electoral Council did not get the two and a half million legal signatures - then it seems to me this is when I imagine that Ms. Rice and Washington would then say that Chavez is not a democrat. They are preparing the ground. I alert the countries of this continent, I alert the governments of this continent and above all I alert the glorious people of Simon Bolivar and the people of Venezuela - we are not going to permit in any way the interference of anything or anyone in our internal affairs." 0.55 3. CUTAWAY OF PUBLIC 0.59 4. (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) CHAVEZ SAYING "The I image that there in Washington they are saying that I am an enemy of democracy, that Chavez sabotaged the referendum and that it is necessary for Chavez to leave, that it would be worth it to overthrow him, that the soldiers should ally themselves against me because I am an enemy of democracy or that someone comes and shoots me because I am an enemy of democracy. You see where this is coming from - for this reason I am going to Monterrey to say what I am saying here. I am going to say the same thing in Monterrey to the entire world because I am going to alert the world." 1.38 5. CUTAWAY OF AUDIENCE 1.41 6. (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) CHAVEZ SAYING "What was the cause of the fall of Mahuad in Ecuador? What was the cause of the fall of de la Rua in Argentina? What was the cause of the fall of Sanchez de Lozada in Bolivia? Is it Chavez? Is it Fidel (Castro)? No, the cause comes from Washington." 2.11 7. CUTAWAY OF AUDIENCE 2.15 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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  • Location: YARACUY, VENEZUELA
  • Country: Venezuela
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