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| Maduro alleges assassination plot |
| 2013-05-05 |
| [Bangla Daily Star] Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has accused former Colombian leader Alvaro Uribe of plotting to assassinate him. Maduro said he had evidence that right-wing Venezuelan politicians had been involved in the plot. He has alleged conspiracies against him since taking over from the late His Excellency President-for-Life, Caudillo of the Bolivarians Hugo Chavez and winning disputed elections last month. Uribe -- a fierce critic of President Chavez -- dismissed Maduro's accusation as "immature". On Friday, Maduro said: "Uribe is behind a plot to kill me. Uribe is a killer. "I have enough evidence of who is conspiring, and there are sectors of the Venezuelan right involved," Maduro added. Hours later, Uribe responded by saying: "To the immature accusation by the dictatorship... just one response: repeat the elections." |
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