La Paz, May 25 (RHC)-- Bolivian President Evo Morales said that socialist governments in Latin America must relaunch “democratic revolutions” in order to combat the strategies in play by the United States to regain control of the region.  In an interview with CubaVisión, the Bolivian leader warned that several socialist governments in the region are facing "a battle against the empire" which has launched a campaign to discredit and destabilize those governments.

Evo Morales said, however, that the peoples of the region have a good memory and therefore it is difficult for the onslaught of the right to achieve its objectives.  He said: "When the right wing returns to power they will remove the socialist benefits and shrink the state, which will generate a reaction.  That is why I think [right-wing governments] are not going to advance this new attack by the United States using oligarchies and the right conservative parties in these countries.”

His comments come as governments in Venezuela and Brazil face an offensive by U.S.-backed right-wing opposition parties, who are seeking to rollback on many of the socialist and progressive programs and policies implemented over the years.