Bolivian President Evo Morales spoke out Aug. 3 in defense of his colleagues Rafael Correa [2] of Ecuador and Hugo Chávez [3] of Venezuela, saying the charges of their links to Colombia's FARC [3] guerillas are an "montage to discredit revolutionary presidents." Last month, he likewise defended Guatemala's Álvaro Colom [4] against charges of involvement in the murder of lawyer Rodrigo Rosenberg, saying the country's "oligarchy" of scheming to "invent a death" to create conflict. (EFE [5], Aug. 3)
Morales also spoke out on the coup in Honduras [6] last month, saying: "Of course, in Honduras the empire is well involved, by means of the CIA and the Pentagon. I also have some non-confirmed information: that powerful narco-traffickers are involved in the coup d'etat in Honduras. (EFE [7], July 10)
See our last post on Bolivia [8].
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