Chavez says US seeking to stop him attending UN summit

Havana- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Thursday said the US has sought to prevent him from attending a United Nations summit of leaders next week, by denying visas to much of his personnel. "The gringoes (US) don't want me to go ... They denied visas to my personal security officials, my personal doctors ... They do not want my party in New York but I am going, even alone," Chavez said on his arrival in Havana for the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) summit.