Venezuela's Chavez threatens to expel U.S. diplomat

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Source: Reuters


CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez threatened on Saturday to expel a U.S. diplomat he said may have advised opposition leaders on how win a vote on whether the leftist can run for re-election.

Chavez, who last year expelled Venezuela's U.S. ambassador, said the unidentified official would be thrown out if evidence showed he had taken part in a meeting he said was held in Puerto Rico.

"If this is proven, I will throw him out of the country for interfering in Venezuela's internal affairs," Chavez said during a television broadcast.

A fierce critic of the U.S. "empire," Chavez was briefly ousted in a 2002 coup the United States initially welcomed and which Chavez says was organized with help from Washington. The United States denies seeking to oust Chavez.



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