Venezuela Protests Militant's Release

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Source: Associated Press

President Hugo Chavez said Sunday that Venezuela will lodge a protest with the United Nations after the U.S. released a Cuban militant on bond, accusing Washington of letting a terrorist go free.

Venezuela had asked the U.S. to extradite 79-year-old former CIA agent Luis Posada Carriles on charges that he plotted the 1976 bombing of a Cuban passenger plane, in which 73 people died.

Chavez also said Posada has been plotting to assassinate him for years, and accused President Bush of complicity in failing to bring Posada to justice.

``President Bush, you are a protector of terrorists. As such, you are a terrorist,'' Chavez said during his weekly TV and radio program ``Hello, President.''



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``The Venezuelan government will take this case to the United Nations, because it cannot be,'' Chavez said. ``We've been asking for his extradition for more than two years. We sent them all the evidence.''