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    Morales also said that he did not understand how U.S. President Barack Obama was awarded with the Peace Nobel Price "when his country makes everything to promote wars and conflicts." "Obama must justify that award by withdrawing all the troops of his country from around the world, to support the reestablishment of the democracy in Honduras and to lift the economic embargo on Cuba" he added. The United Sates and Colombia signed a military cooperation agreement on Sept. 30 this year, which includes the increase of the U.S. military presence by up to 1,400 people across seven military bases in Colombia to fight local drug traffickers and insurgents. Full Article at People's Daily Online
    Obama must justify that award by withdrawing all the troops of his country from around the world, to support the reestablishment of the democracy in Honduras and to lift the economic embargo on Cuba
    SOURCE: People's Daily Online 1 month ago
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Bolivian president labels U.S. use of bases in Colombia provocation
  1. It is not possible that in more than 50 years of invasions and mobilizations they have not been able to eradicate the drug production and trafficking in that South American country
    Evo Morales – Evo Morales SOURCE: People's Daily Online 1 month ago
  2. With the excuse of fighting against the drug trafficking and terrorism, thousands of U.S. soldiers will be deployed in Colombia
    Evo Morales – Evo Morales SOURCE: People's Daily Online 1 month ago
  3. I am convinced that where there are military bases, the social peace, the democracy and the development of the nations as well as their integration are not guaranteed. These facilities are an open provocation against the peace
    Evo Morales – Evo Morales SOURCE: People's Daily Online 1 month ago

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