Chavez slams critics for downplaying alleged plot

CARACAS, Venezuela — President Hugo Chavez reprimanded skeptics on Sunday for questioning his warnings that Washington is out to kill him — an accusation that Venezuela's opposition dismisses as a ploy to distract attention from domestic problems such as rampant violent crime and corruption.

(Snip) "Those who talk about it try to ridicule the allegation. (Snip) "Some say it's a farce." "They don't care about my death," ...

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