Venezuela opposition demands drug test for Chavez/ Piden en Venezuela “antidoping” de Chávez

Venezuela's opposition is demanding leftist President Hugo Chavez take a drug test after he said he chews coca leaves to keep up his energy. The anti-U.S. leader has repeatedly defended the use of coca leaves despite accusations by the United States that he is turning Venezuela into a "haven" for drugs from Colombia. "We are going to ask that the President of the Republic take a toxicological exam, as would any baseball or football player," said opposition politician Antonio Ledezma, of the small party Brave People's Alliance ( full information)/ La oposición venezolana por fin cree haber encontrado el secreto de los maratónicos discursos y las extensas giras internacionales del presidente Hugo Chávez: “doparse” con hojas de coca todas las mañanas ( información completa)