<P> Chávez also claimed, during the coup's immediate aftermath, that the U.S. was still seeking his overthrow . On October 6, 2002, he stated that he had foiled a new coup plot, and on 20 October 2002, he stated that he had barely escaped an assassination attempt while returning from a trip to Europe . However, his administration failed to investigate or present conclusive evidence to that effect . During that period, the US Ambassador to Venezuela warned the Chávez administration of two potential assassination plots . </P> <P> Venezuela expelled US naval commander, John Correa, in January 2006 . The Venezuelan government claimed Correa, an attaché at the US embassy, had been collecting information from low - ranking Venezuelan military officers . Chavez claimed he had infiltrated the US embassy and found evidence of Correa's spying . The US declared these claims "baseless" and responded by expelling Jeny Figueredo, the chief aid to the Venezuelan ambassador, to the US . Chavez promoted Figueredo to Deputy Foreign Minister to Europe . </P> <P> Hugo Chávez repeatedly alleged that the US had a plan, entitled Plan Balboa, to invade Venezuela . In an interview with Ted Koppel, Chavez stated "I have evidence that there are plans to invade Venezuela . Furthermore, we have documentation: how many bombers to overfly Venezuela on the day of the invasion, how many trans - Atlantic carriers, how many aircraft carriers ..." Neither President Chavez nor officials of his administration ever presented such evidence . The US denies the allegations, claiming that Plan Balboa is a military simulation carried out by Spain . </P> <P> On February 20, 2005, Chávez reported that the U.S. had plans to have him assassinated; he stated that any such attempt would result in an immediate cessation of U.S. - bound Venezuelan petroleum shipments . </P>

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