CARACAS, Monday October 16, 2006 | Update
Paraguay should be on guard vis-à-vis the scope of the
military agreement Bolivia and Venezuela initialed last May
26, as it represents a threat, said the newspaper Abc Color
in its editorial on Sunday.
The daily asserted that under the "cooperation" agreement
signed between President Hugo Chávez and his Bolivian
counterpart Evo Morales for the construction of military bases
on the border with Paraguay, "underlies a hidden political
position that is very ample," AP reported.
The report also noticed that 37.5 percent of the inhabitants
in La Paz, the siege of the Bolivian Government, and the locality
of El Alto, showed "disagreement" with the plans for Venezuela
to build military bases in Bolivia, according to a private
survey disclosed by DPA.
The poll conducted by San Francisco de Asís University
concluded that 23.4 percent "are strongly opposed" to the
pact, while only 24.2 percent "agreed" with the alliance.
04:20 PM. Western Hemisphere. Colombian President Álvaro Uribe said on Tuesday that governments should ensure citizens' rights to live on the border, in reference to a political and diplomatic crisis with Venezuela and its effects on border residents.