[R-G] Chavez warns that "Bolivia is on the verge of exploding

[Anthony Fenton]

Chavez warns that "Bolivia is on the verge of exploding"
April 23rd 2008, by El Universal
http://www.venezuelanalysis.com/newsbrief/3376

Caracas – The president of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, warned that  
"Bolivia is on the verge of exploding" and admitted that it was the  
principal reason behind the convoking of an extraordinary summit of  
the Bolivarian Alternative of the Americas (ALBA).

"It is the empire that wants Bolivia to explode. It is the fascist  
right who do not want dialogue or anything. They only want war in  
order to kick out president (Evo) Morales", said Chavez in a telephone  
call to the program Dando y Dando, on Venezolana de Televisión.

The head of state accused the "empire" of wanting to repeat in Bolivia  
the same format used in Venezuela five years ago with the cooperation  
of local factors. "This is the crazy idea of fascism, of the extreme  
right, wiped up by the murderous hand of the empire one more time".

Nevertheless, Chavez hopes that the extraordinary ALBA summit could be  
useful for Bolivia. "We are acting in order to try and avoid, from  
outside and with much modesty, what for many people seems inevitable  
at this stage of the game."

He informed that the Cuban vice president, Carlos Lage is already in  
Venezuela to participate in the meeting; whilst the heads of state of  
Bolivia, Evo Morales and Nicaragua, Daniel Ortega, will arrive in the  
next few hours.

Translated from El Universal