CARACAS, June 26 (Xinhua) -- The presidents of Venezuela and Bolivia, Hugo Chavez and Evo Morales, will attend the opening game of the 2007 Copa America, where Bolivia plays Venezuela.

The latest edition of the world's oldest soccer competition for national teams will begin at 8:45p.m. local time at the Pueblo Nuevo Sports Stadium in San Cristobal, Tachira, one of the nine sites for the 42nd Copa, some 816 km west of Caracas.

Morales's presence was confirmed on Friday in a statement from the Palacio Quemado, the Bolivian president's office. Morales will travel with a committee of 40 to the match.

Chavez's attendance was confirmed when his presidential security staff began arriving in the Tachira city on Monday night.

Jaime Escalente, chief of Tachira state's Number One Command, said that 6,500 officers would provide security in San Cristobal.