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Antillean islands used for spying: Chavez

Friday 18 December 2009

Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez has accused the Netherlands of allowing the United States to use Dutch islands off Venezuela's Caribbean coast to prepare a possible military attack against his country, news agency AP reports.

AP says Chavez claims the US has sent intelligence agents, war ships and spy planes to the Antillean islands of Aruba, Curacao and Bonaire.

'They are three islands in Venezuela's territorial waters, but they are still under an imperial regime: the Netherlands,' Chavez was reported as saying during a speech at the climate change conference in Denmark.

He called on the European Union to take a stance.

Chavez has repeatedly accused the US of conspiring with Colombia to topple his government, AP said.

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Oh Chavez, spare us your your paranoid delusions! Someone needs to take that idiot out of power and lock him up in the nut house.

By sandra | December 18, 2009 9:22 AM

Sometimes Chavez is full of crap. How can these islands be in "Venezuela's territorial waters"?? They have their own 10 mile territorial zone!! Idiot

By Caycu | December 18, 2009 9:29 AM

These islands should be returned to Venezuela.

By Tequendamia | December 18, 2009 9:43 PM