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:

• Called for withdrawing billions of dollars worth of international reserves from U.S. banks
• Accused Colombia of planning a military assault against the Venezuelan government
• Suggested the formation of a regional military bloc against the U.S.

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