According to CNN, Venezuela has accused enemies of Venezuela of poisoning President Hugo Chávez. Venezuela also expelled David Del Monaco, an Air Force attaché for the U.S. Embassy, "for being implicated in conspiratorial plans," the information ministry said.
Vice President Nicolas Maduro stated to the press that there will be "scientific proof" that Chávez, fighting a battle with cancer, was poisoned. This statement was made during a meeting with reporters after he met with the country's top officials Tuesday about Chávez's battle against cancer.
Maduro also proposed accusations in regards to who is responsible for the poisoning, calling Venezuela's political right-wing an "oligarchy" and an "enemy of the nation."
Chávez announced that he had been diagnosed with cancer in 2011, and since, his health has been declining. The president spent two months receiving treatment in Cuba and only recently returned to Venezuela approximately two weeks ago.
Maduro continued to say, these are the "most difficult moments we have experienced" since his surgery on Dec. 11. Since then news of his health has been vague and unknown. The government has only given bits of information on his worsening condition stating that Chávez's health is in a "complicated situation" and releasing photographs of an ill-looking Chávez with his two daughters.
On Monday, Information Minister Ernesto Villegas said Chávez was battling a new infection and that his breathing problems had worsened.
"There is a worsening of the respiratory function, related to the state of his depressed immune system," Villegas said, reading an official statement on state-run VTV.
Supporters of Chávez are still maintaining his ability to run the country while others believe that the country is unstable without a present leader.
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