CIA boss: Venezuela is a "potential area for instability"
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) director Porter Gross Thursday
reaffirmed that electoral processes in several Latin American
countries next year have turned them into "potential areas of
instability," reported news agency AP.
He repeated his views on President Hugo Chávez, saying
the Venezuelan head of State "is consolidating his power by
using technically legal tactics to target his opponents and
meddling in the region." Gross also raised an alarm that Chávez
is "supported by [Fidel] Castro."
Gross named Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Mexico,
Nicaragua, and Peru as "potentially unstable countries," but
Venezuela is at the top of the list.
The CIA director made these comments during a hearing before
the US Senate Select Committee on Intelligence.
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