Anti-Venezuela Model Encore in Bolivia Denounced

US lawyer Eva Golinger warned on Thursday that it would be difficult for Washington to stop interfering in Bolivia, as demanded by that country's president, Evo Morales.

In an article published on local media, Golinger, who disclosed unclassified US documents on the financing of Venezuela's opposition, said that a similar scheme is being implemented in Bolivia.

She added that the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) opened an office in Bolivia in 2004 to speed up transition under the pretext of reducing tension in zones of social conflicts and backing local elections.

Golinger pointed out that the USAID contracted the services of the US company Casals Associates Inc. to handle more than 13.3 million dollars granted to 379 organizations, political parties and projects in Bolivia.

In Bolivia, she said, that office focuses on fighting and influencing the Constituent Assembly and separatism in regions that are rich in natural resources like Santa Cruz and Cochabamba.

Most of the 13.3 million dollars, she said, have gone to organizations and programs to "reinforce the regional governments" in detriment of the national government.

Golinger explained that another strategy consists of infiltrating indigenous communities, promoting the capitalist model and influencing the media with pro-US and anti-socialist propaganda.