President Hugo Chavez says US Republican Presidential candidate John McCain is seeking to promote war with Venezuela

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Republican Presidential candidate John McCain was seeking to promote war with Venezuela. '`Maybe he's seeking hawkish votes, from the right in Florida,'' Chavez said at a press conference today in Caracas with foreign correspondents. ``Still, whoever wins we want to have better relations with the next U.S. president.'' Chavez said President George W. Bush was seeking to exploit recent border tensions, calling it ``the perfect excuse to intervene in Venezuela and occupy our oil fields.''