Chavez Urges Morales To
Fight On
CARACAS - Venezuelan
President Hugo Chavez
urged his Bolivian
counterpart Evo Morales
on Sunday to hold on to
the fight, while
condemning the coup in
Bolivia.
Chavez said that Morales
was fighting in the
Bolivian department of
Cochabamba a battle to
keep democracy,
referring to the meeting
between Morales and five
opposition governors.
Bolivia was part of the
great homeland, Latin
America, Chavez said,
adding that the region
was being attacked by
U.S. imperialism.
Chavez criticized the
commander of the Armed
Forces of Bolivia
General Luis Trigo for
not enforcing the state
of siege ordered by
Morales in the
department of Pando.
Chavez made these
remarks during his
Sunday TV and radio
program "Hello,
President" and he warned
that his government
would thwart a coup in
Bolivia and that he was
ready to die for that
nation. Chavez asked
Trigo to defend Bolivia
like the Liberator Simon
Bolivar did, who fought
among other independence
heroes.
"Resist, Evo (Morales)!
We are with you!" Chavez
said.
"If something happens to
Evo, if he is
overthrown, I won't
remain arms crossed,"
Chavez said.
He rejected the remarks
by Bolivian Defense
Minister Walker San
Miguel who refused what
he called Venezuelan
interference.
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