Former President of Bolivia Evo Morales. Archival photoLA PAZ, Mar 10 The United States provokes wars to sell weapons and seize natural resources, the situation around Ukraine is no exception, ex-President of Bolivia Evo Morales said in an interview with RIA Novosti. «The United States always provokes wars to sell weapons, (to set up) military bases to seize natural resources.I will give one fact: in 1932, the Chaco war begins between Bolivia and Paraguay, but it was a war between the United States and England.The United States, through a private company, had control over the sale of fuel «The United States sold fuel to the Paraguayans and Bolivians. The United States sold weapons to Bolivia and Paraguay. The United States is looking for ways to sell weapons and seize resources. In Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, they were looking for the same thing,» Morales said. According to the politician, in the conflict over Ukraine, the United States is also looking for an opportunity to seize the resources of this country. «Of course,» he said, answering the related question. “And not only the resources of Ukraine, but also the opportunity to surround Russia with a military presence.” “The one who has the most weapons and who is organized like NATO cannot try to dominate, divide us, steal our resources,” said the ex- president. Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine early in the morning on February 24th. Russian President Vladimir Putin called it the goal of «protecting people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.» For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine», to bring to justice all those responsible for «bloody crimes against civilians» in Donbass. In response, the United States, EU countries and a number of other states have imposed new sanctions against Russia and major Russian organizations. NATO
