( CNN ) -- Venezuela 's president says right-wing opponents have unleashed a new weapon in their push to destabilize his government and demoralize his supporters : an imitation of Hugo Chavez 's voice . An audio recording widely circulated on social media purports to be the late Venezuelan leader saying he 's still alive . The recording comes nearly seven months after authorities announced Chavez 's death from cancer and just a few months before municipal elections in the politically polarized South American country . President Nicolas Maduro said Saturday that the recording implying that Chavez has been kidnapped is fake , and he is n't taking it lightly . `` These people have no ethical limit , they have no moral limit , they have no scruples , '' Maduro said in televised remarks at a United Socialist Party of Venezuela event . The recording purports to be a message from Chavez to his brother . A voice that sounds like Chavez says he is recovering , that his death was a lie and that he is `` more alive than ever . '' J.J. Rendon , a Miami-based political strategist who Maduro alleged was tied to the audio recording , fired back in a series of Twitter posts . `` All your insults are compliments to me ! Do you like to please me ? Keep attacking me , '' he wrote . `` I challenge that you -- beyond threats , lies and insults -- PROVE just one crime at least ! You have no way to do that ! Because there is n't any ! '' Maduro became Venezuela 's interim leader after Chavez 's March 5 death and was sworn in as president after a narrow election victory in April . Maduro 's remarks Saturday are the latest in a series of accusations alleging plots to destabilize his government or assassinate him . He has made at least 11 such accusations since the beginning of his presidency , CNN en EspaÃ±ol reported last week . Maduro canceled his plans to travel to New York and attend the U.N. General Assembly last week because of what he said were plots to physically harm him there . Gabriel Reyes , a Venezuela-based political analyst , told CNN en EspaÃ±ol last week that there could be another motivation behind the accusations . Both Chavez and former Cuban leader Fidel Castro often made such claims , he said . `` Maduro as a pupil of both of them can not do anything other than using assassination as a sort of alternative distracting agenda , '' he said . Journalist Osmary Hernandez contributed to this report .
A recording purports to be of Chavez if he 's still alive . Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro says the recording is fake . He accuses right - wing opponents of producing it .