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US beschuldigen Venezuela von der geheimen Wahlfinanzierung
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Rory Carroll in Caracas
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Verfolger in den US haben Venezuela von die Wahlkampagne von Argentiniens eben eröffnetem Präsidenten, Cristina Kirchner geheim finanzieren beschuldigt. Der Anspruch zündete eine politische Reihe zwischen den drei Ländern an.
Die Verfolger erklärten ein Miami Gericht am Mittwoch, daß ein Koffer, der mit fast $800.000 gefüllt wurde (£392,000) abgefangen am Buenos Aires Flughafen eine Zahlung von der Regierung des Präsidenten Hugo Chávez war. Venezuela und Argentinien wiesen die Behauptung als politisch motivierte Schlupfstelle zurück.
Kirchner, thrown on the defensive on her first week in the job, said it was an example of “garbage in international politics” and that the US wanted to “subordinate” other nations. “This president may be a woman but she’s not going to allow herself to be pressured.”
The row revives suspicions that Chávez has used Venezuela’s oil revenues to sponsor allies to try to forge a Latin American front against the US, which he terms “the empire”. If the charges stick they will taint Venezuela and erode the credibility of Argentina’s first elected female head of state. Both governments said it was an attempt to drive a wedge between Chávez and the rest of the region.
Venezuela’s foreign minister, Nicolás Maduro, said it was a fabricated scandal. “It is a desperate effort by the US government using the judicial branch for a political, psychological, media war against the progressive governments of the continent.”
Three Venezuelans and a Uruguayan are charged with failing to register with the US as agents of a foreign power. All were arrested on Tuesday night.
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