Chavez threatens to expel US diplomat

VENEZUELA: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez threatened on Saturday to expel a U.S. diplomat he said may have advised opposition leaders on how win a vote on a referendum proposal.

Chavez, who last year expelled Venezuela's U.S. ambassador, said the unidentified official would be thrown out if evidence showed he had taken part in a meeting he said was held in Puerto Rico. "If this is proven, I will throw him out of the country for interfering in Venezuela's internal affairs," Chavez said during a television broadcast. Caracas, Sunday, Reuters