[Perhaps itÆs an overstatement to say that Bush and his immediate team would countenance the violent demise of Hugo Chßvez (although in April 2002 they sanctioned an attempted coup against the Venezuelan leader which could easily have ended with his death.) For many months now, the Venezuelan president has claimed that the White House has targeted him for assassination. In March, the State Department retorted that ChßvezÆs spate of accusations regarding a CIA plot to assassinate him were ôwild.ö However, serious doubts emerged over the weight of the administrationÆs latest display of supposed indifference to ChßvezÆs fate when Felix Rodriguez, a former CIA operative in Central America and influential Bush-backer in South Florida, claimed in a Miami TV interview that regarding Venezuela, the administration has] contingency plans. ... could be economic measures and even at some point military measures.  -   Felix Rodriguez     Quotes
[Perhaps itÆs an overstatement to say that Bush and his immediate team would countenance the violent demise of Hugo Chßvez (although in April 2002 they sanctioned an attempted coup against the Venezuelan leader which could easily have ended with his death.) For many months now, the Venezuelan president has claimed that the White House has targeted him for assassination. In March, the State Department retorted that ChßvezÆs spate of accusations regarding a CIA plot to assassinate him were ôwild.ö However, serious doubts emerged over the weight of the administrationÆs latest display of supposed indifference to ChßvezÆs fate when Felix Rodriguez, a former CIA operative in Central America and influential Bush-backer in South Florida, claimed in a Miami TV interview that regarding Venezuela, the administration has] contingency plans. ... could be economic measures and even at some point military measures. Felix Rodriguez