Monday, June 30, 2008

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez was personally involved in covering up his nation's role in an Argentine election scandal

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez was personally involved in covering up his nation's role in an Argentine election scandal, according to an FBI statement by a Venezuelan witness who may testify at a criminal trial in Miami. The witness, Franklin Duran, faces trial on U.S. charges he acted as an unregistered agent of Chavez's government. Duran conspired to silence a Florida businessman who toted $800,000 in a suitcase from Caracas to Buenos Aires, according to U.S. prosecutors. The American government alleged the cash, seized Aug. 4, was intended for the campaign of Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, who was elected Argentina's president Oct. 28. Duran, 40, was arrested Dec. 11 with two other Venezuelans, Carlos Kauffmann and Moises Maionica. Kauffmann and Maionica pleaded guilty and said in court that their country's intelligence agency, known as DISIP, played a central role in the cover-up of the alleged payment. In papers filed June 27, Duran said Kauffmann directly implicated Chavez in an FBI statement.
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  1. AnonymousJuly 1, 2008 at 5:35 AM

    I guess now that the U.S. has no local industry to call its own, they have to produce something. Thus, today the U.S. government has a very large propaganda industry, working 24/7 and manufacturing stories and falsehoods about foreign leaders that do not support the present U.S. Government’s policies.

    The story implicating President Hugo Chavez Frias of Venezuela has got to be the pits. It has all the signs of a manufactured job. With the FBI involved in it, it has lost all credibility. But then why should anyone be a bit surprised. I guess they have to fill in time, and why not make up evidence to back a falsehood? Next time try outsourcing, they might do a better job.

    The story about Chavez being involved in a bribery that influenced the Argentinean election has all the hallmarks of a U.S. government operation. Remember it will not hold water when put to the test.

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