Buenos Aires Times reports: Bolivia will send a note from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees discussing refugees acting against their country of origin to Argentina, in regards to the actions of ex-president Evo Morales. EX-PRESIDENT EVO MORALES HAS BEEN A REFUGEE IN ARGENTINA SINCE DECEMBER 12, WHERE HE OFTEN GIVES STATEMENTS AND ATTENDS…
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Bolivia to Spain: Hooded elite groups will not be allowed – Bolivia a España: No se permitirá a grupos de élite encapuchados
Pagina Siete reports: Bolivia to Spain: Hooded elite groups will not be allowed In a statement, the Spanish Government admitted that it “housed” in its embassy and “escorted” people who, he says, did not have “arrest” orders. Through a press release, the Bolivian Foreign Ministry warned that it will not allow the mobilization of foreign…
At last: Bolivia Suspends Diplomatic Relations With Cuba After Spat Over Medical Program
Reuters reports in The New York Times: LA PAZ — Bolivia has suspended its diplomatic relations with Cuba, the foreign ministry of Bolivia’s interim government said on Friday, marking a stark change in foreign relations sparked by a dispute over Cuban doctors in the country. The suspension was due to “recent inadmissible comments” by Cuban…
Bolivia Prosecutor Seeks Spain Response Over Embassy Spat
Reuters reports for The New York Times: LA PAZ — Bolivia’s attorney general has pushed forward a probe into Spanish officials the South American country’s government alleges were seeking to help allies of ousted leftist leader Evo Morales who are holed up in the Mexican embassy in La Paz. The prosecutor said on Wednesday it…
La cortesía de los encapuchados
Demetrio Reynolds escribe en El Dia, cartoon from Pagina Siete: “Pero aquí en Bolivia hemos vista en esos agentes encapuchados un comportamiento extraño y sospechoso. Si España fuese la damnificada, no dejaría de sentir la misma indignación y asombro ante tan descabellada como nada caballeresca actitud. Y es también, esa conducta, algo que no condice…
Bolivia expels Mexican and Spanish diplomats
Jude Webber in Mexico City and Andres Schipani in São Paulo report for the Financial Times: Tension over decision to grant asylum to allies of ex-president Evo Morales Bolivia’s caretaker government said it would expel the Mexican ambassador and two Spanish diplomats, ratcheting up tensions over Mexico’s decision to grant asylum to allies of former president Evo Morales….
