In Venezuela, voters go to the polls Sunday in Venezuela’s presidential elections. The latest polls show President Hugo Chavez holds a 30-point lead over his main rival, Manuel Rosales. On Thursday, Chavez said authorities had thwarted a plot by what he called “fascist militants” to shoot Rosales and then blame it on Chavez’s government. At a news conference in Caracas, Chavez also talked about President Bush and the Republicans’ recent loss in the midterm elections.

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez: “[Bush] believes himself to be the slave owner, but he isn’t the slave owner, not even in his house! Think about what has just happened to him (in the midterm elections), the tremendous blow that his people dealt him. He should resign.”