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• Sept. 11: Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez talks to supporters outside Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas. Chavez said that U.S. ambassador Patrick Duddy is no longer welcome, just as his close ally Bolivia expelled the American envoy from La Paz a day earlier.
• Sept. 11: Supporters of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez listen to him speak outside Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas. Chavez said that U.S. ambassador Patrick Duddy is no longer welcome, just as his close ally Bolivia expelled the American envoy from La Paz a day earlier.
• Oct. 29, 2007: Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, left, speaks with the U.S. ambassador to Venezuela, Patrick Duddy, in Caracas. Chavez said that the U.S. ambassador has 72 hours to leave Venezuela and he's calling back his ambassador from Washington.
• Sept. 11: Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez talks to supporters in Caracas. Chavez said his government has uncovered a plot to overthrow him. Several suspects were accused of trying to assassinate him with tacit backing from his political opponents and the United States.
• Sept. 11: Venezuela's Defense Minister Gen. Gustavo Rangel Briceno attends a press conference in Caracas. Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez said his government has uncovered a plot to overthrow him and detained a group of alleged conspirators. Briceno said military prosecutors were questioning several officers about their alleged involvement.
• File: Patrick Duddy, the U.S. ambassador to Venezuela.