LIKE A TRUE LEFTIST, CHAVEZ JAILS ANOTHER OPPONENT

YAHOO/AP:

Venezuelan authorities have arrested a retired National Guard general on accusations that he plotted to overthrow President Hugo Chavez, the suspect's attorney said Wednesday. Gen. Ramon Guillen Davila was not involved in a purported plot to oust Chavez, attorney Guillermo Heredia told The Associated Press.

However, he said the retired general "is opposed to the communist regime in Venezuela because it violates democratic principles." Agents from Venezuela's Military Intelligence Directorate arrested Guillen Davila on Tuesday on allegations of "promoting a military rebellion to oust the president," Heredia said.

McClatchy:

In 2004, Venezuelan authorities arrested some 100 Colombians, a retired army general and four National Guard officers on suspicion of hatching a plan to overrun the presidential palace and assassinate Chavez.

The story, however, never quite fit. Only one Colombian had a weapon. The rest, including a pregnant girl and several minors, seemed to believe they were going to work on a Venezuelan farm. Eventually, 27 Colombians were convicted of plotting to overthrow the government and got six years in jail; 73 were freed. Two of the officers were sentenced to nine years and a third to 29 months.

CHAVEZ IS A DANGEROUS LEFTIST TYRANT. AND LIKE THE MULLAHS OF IRAN, HE COMES COURTESY OF DHIMMI CARTER.

AND THE CINDY SHEEHAN CROWD COULDN'T CARE LESS. TO THE AMERICAN LEFT, CHENEY IS MORE TYRANNICAL THAN CHAVEZ. JERKS.