hugo chavez in the crosshairs

Hugo Chavez, the president of Venezuela, claims the U.S. is trying to kill him. The friendly left-winger (see photo - he's the smiling guy) has come under increasing pressure from the States for being too good to poor people, which is "causing instability" in Latin America. Plus the Venezuelans have a bunch of oil, which is not at all a factor in this in any way whatsoever.

Link to BBC article; link to Chavez Wikipedia entry.