Venezuelan VP José Vicente Rangel Friday in Havana claimed that President Hugo Chávez' life "is seriously threatened," and put the blame on the CIA for plotting to kill the Venezuelan head of State.

"President Chávez' life is in serious danger," Rangel said during a summit on terrorism held in Habana and hosted by Cuban president Fidel Castro, news agency EFE reported.
 
Rangel added that both Colombian paramilitary troopers and hired assassins and Cuban exiles in Miami are plotting to assassinate Chávez, while "the Central Intelligence Agency is pulling the strings."