U.S. Embassy Personnel in Caracas Threatened to be Expeled by Chavez

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez may expel representatives from the U.S. Embassy in Caracas if investigation found that they met with leaders of the political opposition.
According to Chavez, group of opposition leaders recently met with “U.S. advisers” in Puerto Rico to discuss strategies to defeat the president’s proposal
to eliminate his term limits in a referendum. Chavez U.S. Embassy representatives may have been in attendance.


while at a ceremony in Caracas commemorating the launch of Venezuela’s first satellite,Chavez said If he can confirm this allegation he will expel the representatives from the U.S. Embassy.
In September The Venezuelan leader expelled the U.S. ambassador in Caracas and accused President George W. Bush of supporting opposition groups in Venezuela.
The Venezuela supply of crude oil to the U.S. is the fourth-largest


According to the deputy press secretary at the U.S. Embassy in Caracas,Jennifer Rahimi,the accusations that U.S. diplomats met with opposition leaders are “completely false.”

Notwithstanding the U.S. Ambassador Patrick Duddy’s expulsion in september,the U.S. and Venezuela maintain diplomatic ties and the Embassy in Caracas remains open.