HAVANA — Fidel Castro said Friday he has warned Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez to watch out for U.S.-backed assassination attempts, telling his socialist ally to avoid open-top vehicles that could be targeted by snipers.
Castro, 81, said Venezuela is facing “a world tyranny” as voters decide Sunday on constitutional changes that would give Chavez unchecked power to transform the South American country into a socialist state.
“The empire has created conditions conducive to violence and internecine conflicts” in Venezuela, Castro wrote in Cuba’s leading official newspapers.
He said the U.S. should consider the effect of instability and the importance of that country’s huge oil reserves.
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