Crossword writer accused of coded message to kill Chavez’s brother

The pugnacious Mr Pirela, who uses an early evening TV show to lay into Chavez
opponents, said a group of mathematicians, psychologists and others had
studied the Spanish-language crossword and concluded it was a coded
assassination plot.

Answers to clues included “Adan”, “asesinen” (meaning “kill”)
and “rafaga” (which can mean either a burst of gunfire, or a gust
of wind).

“It’s a message … I’m speaking in the name of truth,” Mr Pirela
added, noting how French leader Charles de Gaulle used to broadcast coded
messages from London to Resistance fighters in France during World War Two.

Ultimas Noticias said six officers from Venezuela’s intelligence service had
visited the newspaper’s editorial offices on Thursday asking for information
about Mr Segovia.

After that, he went voluntarily to the intelligence service’s headquarters to
give a statement, it said.

“I am the first to want to clarify this. I have nothing to hide because
the work I have been doing for the last 17 years has only a cultural and
education intention, and is transparent,” Mr Segovia said.

“I was treated respectfully. They took down my comments and made a
routine summary. Then they took me home.”

Another newspaper, the militantly pro-opposition Tal Cual, lampooned the
Chavez government on Friday with a front-page crossword highlighting the
nation’s ills.

Clues included: “What officials do when they misuse public funds”
(Corruption); Perhaps the most abused law? (Constitution); and “Name of
supreme leader who governs our destiny? Bearded.” (Fidel Castro).

SOURCE: REUTERS

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