Opposition Un Nuevo Tiempo party leader Enrique Ochoa Antich filed with the Attorney General Office a complaint that President Hugo Chávez' brother Adeliz Chávez was involved in a USD 23 million overcharge during the construction of soccer stadium La Carolina, in their home state of Barinas. The sports venue was built without bidding, based on the allegation that the work needed to be completed urgently.

Ochoa Antich reminded that President Chávez' father and governor of Barinas state, Hugo de los Reyes Chávez, was designated honorary chair of the local organizing committee of soccer tournament Copa América 2007, held in Venezuela last June-July. "In a clear signal of local nepotism," he named Adeliz Chávez as the committee's executive vice-president.

"The contract was awarded directly to firm Procica. The contract was originally estimated at USD 37.2 million, but works eventually amounted to USD 60.5 million," Ochoa Antich argued.