Venezuelan blames 'criminals' for financial crisis

A Venezuelan official blamed the U.S. financial crisis on «criminals of the ruling class» Monday during a speech to the UN General Assembly.Venezuela's ambassador to the Organization of the American States, Roy Chaderton Matos, expressed sympathy with «millions of our United States brothers and sisters.His speech followed news that the U.S. House of Representatives rejected the Bush administration's $700 billion bailout plan and the Dow Jones industrial average fell 777 points, its biggest single-day fall ever.Democratic leaders said the House would reconvene Thursday, leaving open the possibility that it could vote later in the week on a reworked version.