U.S. attempting to provoke dispute between Bolivia and Brazil

Patricio Montesinos

WHEN Roger Pinto, a corrupt Senator from the Convergencia Nacional (CN), who was given asylum in the Brazilian embassy in Bolivia, finally fled the country, suspicions and evidence that the United States and its secret services in particular were involved came to the surface.

It is no news that Washington is antagonistic toward the government of President Evo Morales given its anti-imperialist stand and Morales’ constant criticisms of interference on the part of the U.S. administration in the internal affairs of Latin American countries, and its attempts at all costs to divide the region.

Morales is also angered, and determined to expel from La Paz Washington’s diplomatic headquarters, with all its subversives and spies. This is virtually a known fact and a mere matter of finding the most appropriate and symbolic mement. The occupants of the embassy know it and are rushing to conclude their "pending issues" here, among them that of Pinto, according to political sources.

Pinto’s links with the U.S. embassy in La Paz and with certain Brazilian diplomatic officials, who were clearly fulfilling clear instructions from the CIA, not from the Brazilian government headed by President Dilma Rousseff, were likewise known.

The participation of and masterminding of Pinto’s flight by spies and high-ranking diplomats from the U.S. embassy, plus the latter’s campaigns against the Bolivian leader, echoed by the Brazilian press, will be uncovered very soon, and with irrefutable evidence.

The CIA was operating behind the curtains in relation to the political asylum offered this legislator, who was awaiting trial for corruption in Bolivian courts, as it was in the white-collar criminal’s flight to Brazil.

It is highly significant that President Rousseff was unaware of Pinto’s flight, stating to the press in her country, "It is unacceptable that he should have left La Paz without permission;" in other words, a safe conduct.

The Brazilian Defense Minister also clarified in an official communiqué that it lacked any information as to the CN Senator’s exit from Bolivia.

Pinto was a key piece in Washington’s campaign to undermine Morales’ government and an insignificant mercenary along "Made in the USA" lines, constructed to be launched in the media as an opposition leader in the run-up to the 2014 elections in Bolivia, but one who evidently ended up a total disaster.

The CIA, not lacking in boldness, realized that Pinto was no longer worth anything in Bolivia but, from Brazil, could serve to cause friction between the two nations, which have important economic and commercial links and governments advocating Latin American integration.

Almost certainly to the surprise of the United States and its special services, lacking foresight given their imperial arrogance, Brazilian authorities and those of La Paz have acted in a measured manner, avoiding the bilateral confrontation planned by the White House in the context of this case.

Brazil could have been the target, and victim of Washington, for receiving a fugitive from Bolivian justice, but the conduct of President Dilma Rousseff averted this in time, having accepted the resignation of Foreign Minister Antonio Patriota, and demoting from his new position as ambassador in La Paz Marcel Fortuna Biato, who was appointed to Sweden.