RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Bolivia’s Vice President, David Choquehuanca, met this Sunday (12) with his Venezuelan counterpart, Delcy Rodríguez, to strengthen the ties of friendship and cooperation between the two countries.
“We received and greeted on behalf of President Nicolás Maduro, the vice president of the Plurinational State of Bolivia, David Choquehuanca, who brought Venezuela his message of integration and brotherhood,” Rodríguez announced through a message on her Twitter account.
Last Saturday, the Bolivian vice-president in Venezuela visited to consolidate regional integration mechanisms and strengthen bilateral relations.
After arriving at the Simón Bolívar International Airport in Maiquetía, the authority highlighted the importance of strengthening the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America – Peoples’ Trade Treaty (ALBA- TCP), whose summit will be held this Tuesday in Havana.
“It is important to work on (regional) integration to defend our sovereignty and our natural resources, to govern ourselves (…), only united we will be able to confront capitalism and colonialism,” Choquehuanca specified to Venezuelan local television.
In addition to his call for the integration of the peoples of Latin America, he criticized the plundering of natural resources, the division, and how the peoples have been disarmed.
“We receive and greet on behalf of Pdte.@NicolasMaduro the Vicepdte. of the Plurinational State of #Bolivia, @LaramaDavid, who brought Venezuela his message of integration and brotherhood. Venezuela and Bolivia are always united by the Bolivarian dream of the Patria Grande,” commented Delcy Rodríguez in a message on her Twitter account.
David Choquehuanca was received upon arrival by the Venezuelan Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs for Latin America, Rander Peña, and the Bolivian Ambassador in Caracas, Sebastián Michel.