Venezuela: Carmona Seeks Asylum in Colombia

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[Reuters' headline writers are actually calling Carmona an
"ex-president" of Venezuela, not a coup-plotter, not a client of the
USA who sat with US embassy spooks in his home as the Caracas coup
unfolded, not the man who attempted to fire the whole government and
tear up a Constitution approved by popular vote, but an
"ex-president!" One couldn't imagine who they were talking about from
the headline.]


Reuters via yahoo May 23, 6:36 PM ET 

VENEZUELA EX-PRESIDENT SEEKS ASYLUM IN COLOMBIA

CARACAS, Venezuela (Reuters) - A Venezuelan businessman who replaced
President Hugo Chavez during a brief coup and was charged with
rebellion has asked Colombia for political asylum, Venezuela's
foreign minister said on Thursday.

Businessman Pedro Carmona had been under house arrest in the custody
of political police after heading a short-lived transition government
that ousted Chavez for 48 hours last month.

"I have just been told by the Colombian foreign minister that Pedro
Carmona has asked for political asylum and he is in the Colombian
Embassy here in Caracas," said Luis Davila, Venezuelan foreign
minister.

Carmona, a 61-year-old business leader and chief opponent of Chavez,
has denied charges that he conspired against the left-wing president.

 
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