For Chavez would attack similar to that in his opinion, conducted last March 1 against a camp of FARC rebels in Ecuador
The United States recognizes the government of Pedro Carmona during the 2002 coup that overthrew Chavez briefly. After returning to power, Chavez said that a U.S. plane registration number and Americans had been flown over in Venezuela at the airbase on the island of Orchila, where Chavez had been held in captivity.
On May 14, 2002, Chavez claimed that there was evidence of U.S. military involvement coup d'etat in April. Said that during the coup d'etat obtained radar images that showed the U.S. military presence with warships and aircraft in the waters and airspace of Venezuela. The Guardian published a claim by Wayne Madsen - a writer with leftist publications, a former Navy analyst and critic of the administration of George W. Bush - U.S. Navy based on participation. U.S. Senator Christopher Dodd, D-CT, requested an investigation by the concern that Washington seems to tolerate the removal of Mr. Ch vez, which was later found that "U.S. officials . UU. have acted properly and had done nothing to promote the April coup against Venezuela's president, nor provide any naval logistical support. According to Democracy Now!, CIA documents indicate that the Bush administration knew about a conspiracy weeks before the military coup of April 2002. Moreover, according to them, a document dated April 6, 2002, said: "dissident military factions ... are stepping up efforts to organize a coup against President Chavez, possibly as early as this month." According to William Brownfield, ambassador to Venezuela, the U.S. embassy Chavez in Venezuela warned of a coup in April 2002. In addition, the State Department of the United States conducted an investigation by the Office of Inspector General found no evidence "that U.S. aid programs in Venezuela, including those funded by the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), are inconsistent with U.S. law or policy "or" ... contributed directly, or is intended to contribute to a coup d'etat . "
Chavez also claimed during the immediate aftermath of the coup, the U.S. continued seeking his ouster. On October 6, 2002, said it had foiled a new coup, and October 20, 2002, said it had barely escaped an assassination attempt while returning from a trip to Europe. During that period, U.S. Ambassador of Venezuela Chavez warned the administration of two possible intentions of murder.
Venezuela expelled the U.S. naval commander John Correa in January 2006. The Venezuelan government claims that Correa, an addition to the U.S. the embassy has made information gathering a low-ranking Venezuelan military officers. Chavez argued that they had infiltrated the U.S. embassy and they found evidence of espionage Correa. U.S. declare these allegations "baseless" and responded by the expulsion of Jeny Figueredo, the chief of support for the Venezuelan ambassador to the U.S.. Figueredo Chavez promoted to deputy foreign minister for Europe.
Hugo Ch vez has denounced the U.S. has a plan to invade Venezuela, a plan called Operation Balboa. U.S. denies the accusations, claiming that Plan Balboa is a military simulation carried out by Spain.
Personal disputes
Chavez in the fight against U.S. rhetoric has sometimes touched personally in response to the expulsion of Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide in February 2004, Chavez called the U.S. president George W. Bush an "idiot" in a speech later, he made similar remarks regarding Condoleezza Rice. U.S. has called Chavez a "negative force" in the region and has sought the support of Venezuela's neighbors to isolate Chavez. In 2006, Chavez called Bush "the devil" while addressing the General Assembly UN.
Economic relations
The socialist ideology of the tensions between Chavez and the Venezuelan government and the U.S. have had little impact on economic relations between the two countries. In 2006, the United States remained the largest trading partner of Venezuela, for both in oil exports and imports in general - the bilateral trade expanded by 36 during that year.
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