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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/04/18/wven18.xml&sSheet=/news/2002/04/18/ixworld.html The Daily Telegraph April 18, 2002 US 'advised' leader of coup By Toby Harnden in Washington A SENIOR official of the Bush administration telephoned the leader of the coup that temporarily ousted President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela immediately after he had seized power last week, it emerged yesterday. Otto Reich, an assistant secretary at the US State Department, is said to have told Pedro Carmona Estanga that dissolving the National Assembly would be "stupid" and could provoke a backlash. Although the State Department cited this intervention as evidence that America had not aided or inspired the coup, it underlined how eager the Americans had been to ensure that Mr Chavez did not return to power. Mr Carmona ignored Mr Reich's advice and closed both the assembly and the country's Supreme Court, sparking anger that allowed the Left-wing, anti-American Mr Chavez to seize back power. US officials concede that they acted prematurely in welcoming a "return to democracy" in Venezuela and stating that Mr Chavez had resigned. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - online filing with TurboTax http://taxes.yahoo.com/ --------------------------- ANTI-NATO INFORMATION LIST ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: archive@jab.org EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.a9617B Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
