Chavez’s ‘citizen militias’ on the march

Rafael Cabrices does not know whether the attack will come by sea, by land, or even from within Venezuela.

But he is sure that US President George W Bush is plotting to oust leftist President Hugo Chavez – and Mr Cabrices is preparing his people to fight.

“That crazy man wants the petroleum,” Mr Cabrices, 60, says in his office decorated with posters of Che Guevara, Simon Bolivar and President Chavez.