CARACAS, Tuesday March 06, 2007 | Update
Presidents Evo Morales of Bolivia and Rafael Correa of Ecuador
have been invited to a rally to be headed next Friday by Venezuelan
President Hugo Chávez in a stadium of Buenos Aires, hosts
told Efe Tuesday.
"It seems that Morales is coming and there are plans for
Correa to come also," said sources of Madres de Plaza de Mayo,
the organizers of the event along with other 40 social, political
and human rights agencies based in Argentina.
In addition to express support to Chávez, the groups
will conduct the rally in order to refuse the visit of US
President George W. Bush. The ruler is to kick off ending
this week a tour of five Latin American nations.
Morales arrived last Monday in Tokyo for an official, four-day
visit and "if he manages to sort out some protocol issues,
will come to the event," sources said.
For his part, Chávez will land in Buenos Aires next
Thursday. He is expected to meet with his Argentinean counterpart
Néstor Kirchner and visit Sancor, a dairy manufactory
funded by the Venezuelan Government.
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.