Evo Morales and the Government of Iran
Even though Bolivian ruler Evo Morales tries to find justifications using examples that are not in line with his country’s case with regard to establishing relations with the government of Iran, the fact is that these relations are due to his coordination with the regimes of Havana and Caracas to provoke a unbalance in inter-American relations. In the way in which Morales tries to justify this diplomatic and political stand, it is clear that its target is to challenge the United States of America and all those who consider that the Iranian government is against the best ideals and interests of the free world.
Bolivian Prime Minister, David Choquehuanca, an Aimaran native, made the diplomatic relations official this Tuesday after his visit to Teheran to attend a meeting of ministers of the Non-Aligned Movement and after the Islamic country offered, a few weeks ago, industrial and oil cooperation to Bolivia. Actually, the Bolivian government, a satellite of the Hugo Chávez regime, needs no cooperation in terms of oil because it has Venezuela in the neighborhood – so to speak – that can provide all the oil that the Morales government might need. Incidentally, the so-called Non-Aligned Movement is nothing of the sort. Actually, those governments are all aligned against the United States.
That many non-communist governments or governments that are friends with Washington might have diplomatic relations with Iran, does not mean that what Morales has done does not have marked intentions of a confrontation with the democratic governments that do not identify with the regimes of Havana and Caracas. Morales justifies his action with the argument that “Chile and Colombia have relations with Iran.” Moreover, in a way that is offensive for Colombia and Chile he infers that those governments are “pro imperialism”. Therefore, now it is up to those two countries to interpret the evil insinuation or accusation made by Evo Morales.
Constantly, almost on a daily basis, there are things like this happening in the field of inter-American relations that increase the bonds of governments in this region with enemies not only of the United States but also of other nations that are its allies. Evo Morales presents this challenge even though he is in the midst of a national crisis with several important Departments of his country that are practically rebelling against his policies.
EDITORIAL DIARIO LAS AMERICAS, MIAMI
