They consider changes in the High Command of the Armed Forces
Carrizález Vice President and defense minister resigned for "personal reasons"

Carrizález resigned along with his wife, Yubirí Ortega, who was then Minister of Environment (Venancio Alcázares)
The vice president and defense minister, Colonel (r) Ramón Carrizález, submitted his resignation to President Hugo Chávez, citing "strictly personal reasons".

Although released its decision through a statement released by the Press in his office in the afternoon yesterday belied the extent conflicting versions. At 7:15 pm, the Minister of Communication, White Eckhout established a brief contact with VTV to announce that the president had "accepted the resignation, thanking and acknowledging" the effort and commitment that kept (former chairman) during his tenure.

Carrizález Alongside his wife, Yubirí Ortega was separated from the Ministry of Environment and one of his top aides, Eugenio Vasquez Orellana relinquished his duties as Minister of Public Bank and Chairman of Banco de Venezuela.

While the vice president warned that "any version other than the arguments for giving false and tendentious", unofficially say their departure from the cabinet responds to disagreements with the president: in principle by the assimilation of Cuban officers of the Armed Forces, but also by changing the NCO technical officers, which in many cases have been promoted to higher grades who were his bosses.

The decisi''on of Carrizález would precipitate changes in the military high command, because it would be expected, according to military sources, the current head of the Operational Strategic Command (CEO), Commander Carlos Mata Figueroa, is appointed minister Defense.

In his office would appoint the current commander of the Navy, Admiral Carlos Aniasi maximum, and the naval component Vice Admiral Jose Gregorio Rojas Medina. Maj. Gen. Henry Rangel Silva, former director of the intelligence, would occupy the Army Command.

It was learned that the Air Force and the militia would not be expected changes, although the sources made it clear that "the last word belongs to Chavez." For the Commander of the National Guard be considering Maj. Gen. Luis Mota Dominguez and the head of Regional Command No. 5, Gen. Alirio Jose Ramirez.

Castling ministerial Although the names of Nicolas Maduro, Foreign Minister, and Luis Reyes Reyes, Minister of the Secretariat, circulated as potential candidates to replace the Vice Carrizá'lez, unofficial sources claimed that Francisco Arias Cardenas would be appointed.

In place of Ortega in the Ministry of Environment, learned that Claudia Salerno, general manager of Management and International Cooperation of that office, would serve.

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