Bolivia's President Evo Morales, right, and former soccer player Carlos Borja jump on a trampoline in front of presidential palace in La Paz, Wednesday, May 30, 2007. President Evo Morales announced Wednesday that fellow South American nations Argentina, Uruguay, and Venezuela had all pledged their support for the overturn of a recent FIFA ban on international high altitude soccer games. AP Photo logo AP Photo 32 months ago

Bolivia's President Evo Morales, right, and former soccer player Carlos Borja jump on a trampoline in front of presidential palace in La Paz, Wednesday, May 30, 2007. President Evo Morales announced Wednesday that fellow South American nations Argentina, Uruguay, and Venezuela had all pledged their support for the overturn of a recent FIFA ban on international high altitude soccer games.

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  3. Bolivia's President Evo Morales, right, walks with the commander of the Armed Forces of Bolivia, Gen. Carlos Ramiro de la Fuente, center, during a visit to a neighborhood hit by a landslide in La Paz, Friday, Jan. 29, 2010. The landslide, caused by heavy rains, destroyed at least 70 homes. The Bolivian government has declared a national emergency due to the rains and flooding in the country.
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  6. Bolivia's President Evo Morales (L) greats new minister of production Antonia Rodriguez after the swearing-in ceremony at the government palace in La Paz January 23, 2010. President Evo Morales has vowed to use his majority in Congress to fight poverty and give the state an even greater role in the economy during his second term in office, which started on Friday.
  7. Bolivia's President Evo Morales (C) greets new minister of justice Nilda Copa(2nd R), next to new minister of work Carmen Trujillo (R) after the swearing-in ceremony at the government palace in La Paz January 23, 2010. President Evo Morales has vowed to use his majority in Congress to fight poverty and give the state an even greater role in the economy during his second term in office, which started on Friday.
  8. Bolivia's President Evo Morales, left, congratulates his new Minister of Productive Development Antonia Rodriguez Medrano during a ceremony to swear in his new cabinet members at the government palace in La Paz, Saturday, Jan. 23, 2010. A day before, Evo Morales, begun a second term as Bolivia's president.
  9. Bolivia's President Evo Morales (R) waves as Vice President Alvaro Garcia Linera looks on after Morales' swearing-in ceremony at the national congress in La Paz, January 22, 2010. Morales formally began his second term as president on Friday.
  10. Bolivia's President Evo Morales (C) and other authorities watch a parade from the balcony of the Palace after his swearing-in ceremony in La Paz, January 22, 2010. Morales formally began his second term as president on Friday.
  11. Bolivia's President Evo Morales (R) waves as Vice President Alvaro Garcia Linera looks on after Morales' swearing-in ceremony at the national congress in La Paz, January 22, 2010. Morales formally began his second term as president on Friday.
  12. Ecuador's President Rafael Correa (2nd L), Bolivia's Vice President Alvaro Garcia Linera (3rd L), Bolivia's President Evo Morales (C), Guatemala's Nobel Peace laureate Rigoberta Menchu (2nd R) and Spain's Crown Prince Felipe attend a parade at the balcony of the government palace next to a portrait of national heroes after the swearing-in ceremony in La Paz, 22 January 2010. Morales formally began his second term as president on Friday.
  13. Bolivia's President Evo Morales, left, holds a sword given to him as a gift from Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, right, in La Paz, Friday, Jan. 22, 2010. Morales was sworn in for a second term which will end in 2015.
  14. Bolivia's President Evo Morales (L) talks to Spain's Crown Prince Felipe (R) and Guatemala's Nobel Peace laureate Rigoberta Menchu during a parade at the government palace after his swearing-in ceremony in La Paz, 22 January 2010. Morales formally began his second term as president on Friday.
  15. Bolivia's President Evo Morales (L) talks to Spain's Crown Prince Felipe (R) next to Guatemala's Nobel Peace laureate Rigoberta Menchu during a parade at the government palace after the swearing-in ceremony in La Paz, 22 January 2010. Morales formally began his second term as president on Friday.
  16. Bolivia's President Evo Morales, left, listens to Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez at an event after Morales was sworn in for a second term in La Paz, Friday, Jan. 22, 2010.

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