Rumors swirl over Venezuela's Chavez

Agencia EFE ^ | May 29, 2005

[HAL9000]

Caracas, May 29 (EFE).- Rumors swirled Sunday about the whereabouts of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, who did not deliver a scheduled address to supporters a day earlier and whose weekly show was replaced by a volleyball match.

"The president's program yielded its spot to the match between Venezuela and Brazil because of prior international commitments with the World Volleyball League," Communications Minister Andres Izarra said during a brief appearance on state-owned Venezolana de Television.

The minister said Chavez's weekly show would return next Sunday. Izarra's statement at 11:35 a.m. (1535 GMT) was intended to put an end to the rumors and speculation in the Venezuelan media about the whereabouts of Chavez, whose show did not air in its regular Sunday time slot of 11:00 a.m. (1500 GMT).

The rumors started Saturday, when Chavez did not show up for a previously scheduled appearance at a march in Caracas to demand that the United States extradite anti-Castro militant Luis Posada Carriles, a suspect in the 1976 bombing of a Cuban airliner.

Vice President Jose Vicente Rangel announced at the last minute Saturday that Chavez would not be taking part in the march.

"Chavez will not be with us this afternoon. I understand your reaction, but we have to get used to the fact that Chavez is human, that he can't permanently be in all places," Rangel said, without explaining the reasons for the president's absence. EFE rr/hv

[ARCADIA]

He should take a leasson from this guy:

http://hammer.prohosting.com/~sfspot/virtual.htm

[Stellar Dendrite]

LOL

[Paleo Conservative]

Look at this link. Maybe it might be relevant.

Chavez: Venezuela has plan in case he killed
CHINA Daily ^ | Updated: 2005-05-16 08:51 | various Agencies

Posted on 05/30/2005 12:40:25 AM CDT by Paleo Conservative

[Mike Darancette]

Rumors swirled Sunday about the whereabouts of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez,

Hugo is probably out doing suck face with Castro.

[Redcloak]

Perhaps he's the only one with the rare blood type needed to treat Abu Musab al Zarqawi and he's on a secret mission to the Mideast.









...or perhaps he's face down in a swamp.

[hosepipe]

Venezuela has many many socialist leaders.. one down many to go..
Venezuela has always been into socialism.. The Venezuelan people are into gimme gimme even more than Massachusetts.. or New York even.. Hugo don't appear to be giving them stuff.. and hes history..

[Ursus arctos horribilis]

Hmmn, maybe the ASS was ASSassinated.

[Ursus arctos horribilis]

"My prayers would have been answerd if he's dead."

Read in earlier post where the V government supposedly has plans in place if he was killed. Now why would they make such a statement with him MIA?

[NRA2BFree]

I thought the sorry POS was in Iran.

[Pro-Bush]

He is scared. He is afraid of getting assassinated. Castro is convinced that he is going to get shot by the CIA. ..They're pals as we all know.

[Robert_Paulson2]

perhaps he is "pining for the fjords".

[Paleo Conservative]

Castro is convinced that he is going to get shot by the CIA.

I doubt the trigger man could be traced to the CIA.

[Pro-Bush]

..That's a given.

Plausible Deniability is a good thing for the agency!

[MinuteGal]

The Runaway Dictator

Leni

[Route101]

Cement shoes perhaps?.....

[livius]

Ping to another member of the Hugo Chavez Fan Club.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

What a shame.

I'm sure he'll turn up like a bad penny always does.

[cgbg]

"prior international commitments with the World Volleyball League," Communications Minister Andres Izarra said during a brief appearance on state-owned Venezolana de Television.

This guy should try out for newscaster for the Comedy Channel.

"In other news the Chinese Prime Minister cancelled his television appearance to honor previous contracts with the International Cow Dung Heaving Association." ;-)

[GWB00]

Vice President Jose Vicente Rangel announced at the last minute Saturday that Chavez would not be taking part in the march.

Any relation to Charles Rangel?