[nasional_list] [ppiindia] Chavez hails Bolivian ally with energy, aid deals

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Chavez hails Bolivian ally with energy, aid deals
Tue Jan 3, 2006 7:29 PM ET

By Patrick Markey

CARACAS, Venezuela (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez offered
Bolivian president-elect Evo Morales energy and economic cooperation on Tuesday
to seal ties between socialist allies united in their opposition to Washington.

The Venezuelan leader and Morales, a former coca leaf farmer, have antagonized
the U.S. government with their alliance with Cuba and promotion of leftist
integration to counter U.S. free-market policies in Latin America.

Chavez said the world's No. 5 oil exporter would supply Bolivia with diesel
fuel in exchange for farm products, help finance social programs and support
Morales' crusade to protect coca crops against U.S. eradication campaigns.

"We can't lose a day in supporting Bolivia in any way we can," Chavez said at a
media conference where he presented Morales with a replica of the sword used by
Venezuelan liberation hero Simon Bolivar.

Morales is the latest leftist to sweep to power on the back of regional
discontent with U.S.-backed economic policies. He stopped in Venezuela as part
of a world tour that includes Spain, France, Brazil, China and South Africa
before taking office on January 22.

The Bolivian leader has rejected charges from foes that he received financing
from Chavez, who Washington accuses of destabilizing the region by using
Venezuela's oil wealth to spread his socialist revolution to neighboring
countries.

"This is not about Evo Morales. This is about the people who are reclaiming
their rights," the Bolivian leader said.

Chavez and Morales also greeted retired Peruvian army commander Ollanta Humala,
a nationalist candidate for his country's presidency who has worried investors
with his call to roll back pro-market policies.

ENERGY, ECONOMIC REFORMS

Morales is the first Indian president of South America's poorest country. But
he faces a nation deeply divided between a poor Indian majority in the
Altiplano mountains and wealthy eastern areas demanding more independence.

Morales, who herded llamas as a boy in his poor mountain home, calls his
socialist movement a "nightmare" for Washington, criticizes U.S. anti-drug
policies and promises to nationalize Bolivia's gas resources.

He has campaigned for coca leaf production by Indians who celebrate the plant
as part of their culture. But U.S. officials fear increased coca production
will led to growing output of illegal cocaine.

The Bolivian leader said he was open to dialogue after meeting on Monday with
the U.S. envoy to La Paz, David Greenlee, to discuss the region's democracy and
the fight against drugs.

"Yesterday I had my first meeting with the U.S. ambassador in La Paz at the
ambassador's invitation," he said. "It will be the beginning of a contact
without submission or subordination, without blackmail or conditions."

Chavez, a nationalist whose government has extended state control over the
energy sector, said Venezuela would share its petroleum expertise with Bolivia,
and state oil firm PDVSA would open an office in the Andean nation.

A former soldier who was elected in 1998, Chavez has promised to use
Venezuela's vast energy resources to foster a revolution for the poor. He has
spent billions of dollars in oil cash on social and health programs.

The Venezuelan leader, who accuses U.S. officials of working to overthrow him,
has become one of Washington's most vocal critics and has signed energy and
trade deals with South American partners to counter U.S. influence in the
region.

U.S. officials dismiss his charges of assassination plots as rhetoric aimed at
stirring nationalist sentiment among his poor supporters. But they accuse
Chavez of eroding democracy at home and backing subversive groups overseas.

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