President Chávez makes a call to dismantle empire's plan to split the country

ABN 30/05/2008

The President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Hugo Chávez Frías, made a call to Venezuelans to dismantle North American empire's plan to split the country in order to create a similar situation to the one lived in Bolivia.

“North American empire is trying, in different ways, to create a situation like Bolivia's. They want to split the country into pieces. I am sure they would try it, declaring the autonomy at the east of the country, disregarding the Government of Chávez”, said the President of Venezuela during an event carried out in Anzoátegui State in order to close the stage of spreading ideas by the pre-candidates of the Socialist United Party of Venezuela (PSUV) for next mayors and governors elections in November.

Chávez stated that “Venezuelan oligarchy and those who sell our country, as well as United States, will support that idea in joint with other countries of Europe and America. World television channels would support them as well”.

Furthermore, Chávez stressed that Venezuelan opposition, in joint with North American empire, would try to declare the autonomy of the states of Zulia and Táchira supported by the Colombian paramilitarism and the drug trafficking.

“They would look for guns, use regional police departments, and ask for alliances with military sectors or they would try to bring paramilitaries, mercenaries, place bombs, and make the country ungovernable”, President Chávez denounced.

Translated by Ernesto Aguilera