Monday, January 28, 2008

Video of the Day: Hugo’s hunger

“Coca is not cocaine” declared Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez as he bit and chewed a coca leaf during a summit conference on Saturday. In the following video, Bolivian counterpart Evo Morales provides him with the coca leaves as Chavez adds that it is the “sacred leaf” of the indigenous:

In other actions taken during the summit of the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas, Chavez:

Sources- Canadian Press, YouTube, International Herald Tribune, Monsters & Critics, BBC News


1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Recommended reading, the following link about coca leaves...knowledge is power.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coca