[Pro-Bush]

The stakes are high for the U.S. It is not just about Venezuela's oil, ALQaeda, or Bolivia's natural gas - it also has to do with mineral supplies in SA that are vital to US nuclear programs.

Chavez is up to speed on CIA ambitions and is thought to be aided by intelligence resources of a major power. (China)

He also has a potential ally in Bolivia, a key piece to the strategic map of South America.

It is rumored that political movements—are planning on putting a summit between Fidel, Hugo Chávez and Lula, in order to say: 'We are here, united against the aggression of U.S. imperialism.'"

[Letitring]

http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2004/s1024361.htm

More items of interest.

[Domestic Church]

"...it also has to do with mineral supplies in SA that are vital to US nuclear programs."

And certain nations in sub-sahara Africa have the mineral supplies as well and have been inundated with peacekeeping troops from places like China.