Peruvian legislators in Bolivia delve into Venezuela's ALBA houses

According to Menchola, the goal of the investigation is to determine whether there is a Venezuela-supported office of ALBA in the tourist town of Copacabana

Latin America
A Peruvian congressional committee is investigating in Bolivia the alleged support that some Bolivian groups have allegedly provided to Venezuela's ALBA houses located in Peru, said Peruvian Congressman Walter Menchola, a member of the Unidad Nacional party, reported on Thursday the Peruvian press.

Menchola, along with legislator José Vargas, met in La Paz on Wednesday with the President of the Bolivian Senate, opposition leader Oscar Ortiz, to talk about a likely swap of information in connection with the alleged Bolivian support to the houses of the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA), AFP reported.

According to Menchola, the goal of the investigation is to determine whether there is a Venezuela-supported office of ALBA in the tourist town of Copacabana, 100 miles west La Paz bordering the binational Lake Titicaca. In this house, groups of Peruvians have allegedly been indoctrinated.

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