Vzla: Chavez calls legitimate electoral process an act of conspiracy

The State Department is "categorically" rejecting renewed charges by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez that the United States supported the 2002 coup against him and is trying to oust him again by backing a recall referendum on his rule.

Mr. Chavez and the Bush administration have been trading criticism for some time. But U.S. officials say the Venezuelan leader may have taken the feud to a new level in a speech Tuesday in which he said the United States was giving financial backing to both the recall drive and what he termed "acts of conspiracy" against his government.

The thing is, the guys at State look so shifty, who can trust 'em?