The Venezuelan Embassy to Bolivia Wednesday denied claims that it is opening up a "Bolivarian mega-embassy" in La Paz, which is reportedly going to represent the Cuban, Nicaraguan and Bolivian governments, Efe informed.

Both the Venezuelan Embassy and the Bolivian government Wednesday rejected a report published by Argentinean newspaper La Nación and quoted in a daily newspaper in La Paz. The article claimed that "a common Bolivarian Embassy" was under construction, and was to encompass four countries that endorse President Hugo Chávez's political project.
  
Douglas Pérez, the Chargé d'Affaires of the Venezuelan Embassy in La Paz, told TV channel Unitel that a six-floor building mentioned in the report would be the new Venezuelan Embassy to Bolivia. So far, the Venezuelan diplomatic representation in La Paz operated in two apartments only.

"It is not a mega-embassy," he said, adding that the building would comprise "cultural spaces," as well as offices of state oil firm Pdvsa and the Social and Economic Development Bank (Bandes).

Pérez stressed that the new building, located near the headquarters of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), represents "only 20 percent of the facilities" of the US Embassy.