Chavez seems to be trying to put South America on lock. In the end, he surmises that this move will remove their dependency on American influences.
"We're talking about a regasification plant here too, another in Argentina, where the three countries could converge," Chavez told reporters in Montevideo.
"We had been advancing rapidly in the last two years (on this) and suddenly the meetings ended ... We hope they resume. We are proposing a southern gas line to bring Venezuelan gas through Brazil to Uruguay, Argentina and Paraguay," Chavez
said. "Venezuela has gas to last 150 years."
