Will Venezuelan Destabilization Follow the Honduran Coup?

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-- the assassination of Panama's Omar Torrijos (1981);

-- Maurice Bishop in Grenada (1983);

-- Manuel Noriega in Panama (1989);

-- Jean-Bertrand Aristide twice (1991 and 2004); and

-- Manuel Zelaya in Honduras (2009) who was blamed for the action to legitimize the coup d'etat government long enough, destroy his image, weaken his authority if a negotiated return is arranged, and effectively render him impotent until the November 29 presidential and parliamentary elections after which a new president will take office since Zelaya can't succeed himself.

Will Chavez Now Be Targeted?

Throughout his tenure, numerous attempts were made to destabilize his government, discredit his leadership and policies, oust him in the aborted April 2002 coup, and again in the failed August 2004 recall referendum. In addition, Chavez and others claim assassination schemes were hatched, the latest one forcing him to cancel his June 1 El Salvador trip to attend President Mauricio Funes' inauguration.Â

In his place, Foreign Affairs Minister Nicolas Maduro said it was learned that "ultra (Venezuelan) right wing groups....linked to ultra conservative coup sectors, together with the international ultra right," hinting Washington primarily, were behind an assassination plot.Â

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