Will Chavez murder be finishing touch for the Bush Administration?

President of Venezuela Hugo Chavez has repeatedly told that during the last weeks of George W. Bush`s presidency in the United States the Bolivarian republic and he, Chavez, personally would be in danger. The way he called on his allies to be on alert was described in the pro-American mass media and by the opposition members as “persecution mania” and “paranoid fear of death”. They said nobody had ever made an assassination attempt on him and would hardly do it in future.

“Washington's high-ranking officials have long decided on how to get rid of me”- Hugo Chavez said citing reliable source in the ally countries in Western hemisphere, in Europe and in the US. He even hinted that he had the sources of information even in the U.S. Embassy in Caracas.

There are enough stories how the United States eliminated the unwanted Latin American politicians. Remember a Colombian 'populist' Jorge Eliecer Gaitan (killed in April of 1948), an Ecuador President Jaime Roldos (died in air crash in May, 1981), the leader of Panama Omar Torrijos (also died in a strange air crash in August, 1981). As a rule, Chavez mentions Salvador Allende, who was President of Chile until his death during the coup d'etat in 1973. Then the CIA and the U.S. military intelligence organized the coup to let Augusto Pinochet succeed Allende. All those politicians did not find support in the U.S and thus were doomed.

If we trace the chain of accusations Mr. Chavez has been facing over the past few years from members of the Bush administration, we'll see that there is only one more political leader who arises such hatred among the U.S establishment-Fidel Castro. However, after Fidel officially stepped down, they view Chavez as their major rival in Latin America. He is opposed to the U.S in all spheres: he carries out independent oil policy, tries to diversify energy supplies (treating China as the most preferable partner), takes steps to modernize the army of Venezuela with the help of Russia and China, welcomes a multipolar world model and supports “populist regimes” in Latin America.

Hugo Chavez initiated the creation of the South American military block to promote integration processes on the continent- a move which Washington could have hardly been happy about. All American military chiefs, who headed the U.S Southern Commandment, warned Chavez against such steps. The situation resulted in U.S preventive measures aimed at establishment of additional bases in the region, the 'revival' of the Fourth Fleet in the South Atlantic, a boost to the space surveillance system in Venezuela and all its allies, especially Brazil.

The strategic flights of the Russian Tu-160 bombers over the Caribbean and the Atlantic waters, their stay at the “Libertador” base in Maracay and the forthcoming visit of the squadron of the Russian North Fleet led by the “Piotr the Great” nuclear-powered cruiser provoke even greater annoyance of the White House hawks.

The conspirators failed to kill Chavez during the coup in early April of 2002. He was detained, but while he was transported from one place to another, there were always some loyal officers behind him to prevent the tragedy. They told the guards they would provide an adequate response if Chavez is assassinated.

After the coup failed, the U.S special services intensified the work aimed against the Venezuelan President. The journalistic dossier I compiled during the years in Venezuela consists of a few heavy volumes. If we add some video reports from the ultra-conservative Venezuelan and North American TV channels, containing straightforward statements against Hugo Chavez, and hundreds volumes of the so-called “anti-Chavez” literature, which is traded freely in Venezuela,- we`ll be able to imagine how intense are the impulses coming from numerous fanatic terrorists and the opposition members.
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