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LA PAZ - Bolivian President Evo Morales on Thursday accused the United States of spying on his and other Latin American countries. The Bolivian president said the spying is done under the cover of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) and o
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Now that Mitt Romney’s finally given us his tax returns, we’re all out of luck on Republican document dumps for a while, right? Wrong! I was Nexising around yesterday, and found out this delightful tidbit. In 2007, the Pittsburgh Tribune Review reported
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Peruvian President Ollanta Humala speaks at a press conference during an official visit to Spain, at the Moncloa Palace in Madrid on Jan. 25. (Dani Pozo/AFP/Getty Images) As per tradition in Latin American politics, election season means vicious personal
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CARLOS VALDEZ, Associated Press | LA PAZ, Bolivia Bolivian officials on Tuesday threatened to prosecute leaders of coca growers who used whips to drive away four unarmed members of a government coca eradication team. Monday's attack was the second time
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CARACAS, Feb. 5 (Xinhua) -- Presidents and top officials from 11 Latin American countries on Sunday called on organizers of the upcoming Summit of the Americas in April to ensure that Cuba will be invited on equal terms with all other nations in the regi
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JORGE RUEDA, Associated Press | Bolivia's President Evo Morales, left, listens to his Prime Minister David Choquehuanca during a session of the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas, ALBA, trade block summit at Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas
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An eight-nation bloc of Latin American and Caribbean countries agreed on Sunday to deposit 1 percent of their international reserves into a jointly administered development bank as they seek to deepen economic cooperation. Officials announced the decisio
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Venezuelan soldiers take part in a military parade (AFP, Juan Barreto) CARACAS — Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez presided over a military parade Saturday marking the 20th anniversary of his failed coup attempt and affirmed that the country’s armed force
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CARACAS, Venezuela - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and other leaders in the left-leaning ALBA bloc backed Argentina on Saturday in its long-running dispute with Britain over the Falkland Islands.
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JORGE RUEDA, Associated Press | Leaders from the eight-nation Bolivarian Alliance bloc, or ALBA, attend the first session of a summit at Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday Feb. 4, 2012. The monitor at left shows a live image o
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is celebrating the 20th anniversary of the failed coup attempt that launched his political career. Chavez presided over a military parade alongside Cuban President Raul Castro and Bolivian President Evo Morales. He said d
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CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez mounted a lavish celebration on Saturday to mark the 20th anniversary of the failed coup that helped launch his political career, as opposition leaders slammed the event as a blemish on the country's d
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CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez mounted a lavish celebration on Saturday to mark the 20th anniversary of the failed coup that helped launch his political career, as opposition leaders slammed the event as a blemish on the country's d
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Chavez presided over a military parade alongside Cuban President Raul Castro and Boliv
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Chavez presided over a military parade alongside Cuban President Raul Castro and Bolivia
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CARACAS, Venezuela -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez celebrated the 20th anniversary of the failed coup attempt that launched his political career on Saturday, presiding over a military parade while fighter jets and helicopters roared overhead. Chavez
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By: Larisa Epatko Activists in favor of a road-building project enter La Paz, Bolivia. Photo by Aizar Raldes/AFP/Getty Images. One of South America's most controversial leaders finds himself -- yet again -- squeezed between two competing demands and cons
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Thousands of Bolivia's indigenous peasants from the Isiboro Secure National Park's Indigenous Territory (TIPNIS) arrive in La Paz after a 40-day march. More than 2,000 Amazon Indians on Monday called on Bolivian President Evo Morales to approve the build
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30 January 2012 Last updated at 19:53 ET Clashes broke out as protesters tried to approach the presidential palace Hundreds of protesters have arrived in Bolivia's main city, La Paz, to demand the government resume the construction of a controversial roa
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Energy rich, capital poor countries have few options when seeking to develop their resources than to partner with international energy company giants on whatever terms they offer, however iniquitous they might seem. But the last few years have seen a num
About Evo Morales
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Juan Evo Morales Ayma (born October 26, 1959 in Orinoca, Oruro), popularly known as Evo (pronounced [ˈeβo]), is the President of Bolivia since 2006. He has been declared the country's first fully indigenous head of state in the 470 years since the Spanish Conquest. Full Article
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Bolivia's President Evo Morales, left, listens to his Prime Minister David Choquehuanca during a session of the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas, ALBA, trade block summit at Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela, Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012.
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U.S. actor Sean Penn, wearing a traditional Bolivian indigenous poncho and a miner's hat, waves as he meets with Bolivia's President Evo Morales at the presidential palace in La Paz, Bolivia, Wednesday Feb. 15, 2012.
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U.S. actor Sean Penn, second from left, poses for a photo with traditional Bolivian dancers after meeting with Bolivia's President Evo Morales at the presidential palace in La Paz, Bolivia, Wednesday Feb. 15, 2012.
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U.S. actor Sean Penn, center, waves upon arrival at the Presidency palace for a meeting with Bolivia's President Evo Morales in La Paz, Bolivia, Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012.
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez (L) greets his Bolivian counterpart Evo Morales (R), before the ALBA summit opening ceremony at the Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, on February 4, 2012.
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Bolivian President Evo Morales speaks as he visits indigenous people who live in the Isiboro Secure Territory, known by its Spanish acronym TIPNIS, in La Paz February 1, 2012. The indigenous people are demanding Morales to revive the construction of the Villa Tunari-San Ignacio de Moxos...
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Bolivia's President Evo Morales, center, waves to members of a dissident indigenous group in La Paz, Bolivia, Wednesday Feb. 1, 2012. The Indians, who stay in La Paz after a 41-day trek from their villages, are demanding the construction of a highway through the nature preserve,...
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Bolivia's President Evo Morales (2nd L), Presidency minister Juan Ramon Quintana (L) and government minister Carlos Romero (3rd L) meet with indigenous people who live in the Isiboro Secure Territory, known by its Spanish acronym TIPNIS, at the presidential palace in La Paz January 30,...
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Bolivia's President Evo Morales, second from right, and Bolivia's Minister of Government, Carlos Romero, right, meet with a group of Indians in La Paz, Bolivia, Monday Jan. 30, 2012. The group is demanding the construction of a highway through the nature preserve, Territorio Indigena...
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Bolivian President Evo Morales (C) listens to his vice President Alvaro Garcia Linera (L) and Carlos Villegas Minister of Hydrocarbons, during the agreement signing ceremony with all foreign oil and gas companies operating in the country, on ways to nationalize the gas industry, in La...
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez (L) greets his Bolivian counterpart Evo Morales during the welcoming ceremony of the ALBA (Boliviarian Alternative for the Americas) summit in Caracas February 4, 2012.
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez (C), accompanied by his counterparts (L-R), Nicaragua's Daniel Ortega, Cuba's Raul Castro, Bolivia's Evo Morales and Haiti's Michael Martelly, attends a military parade to commemorate the 20th anniversary of his failed coup attempt in Caracas February 4,...
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez (L) greets his Bolivian counterpart Evo Morales, during a military parade to commemorate the 20th anniversary of his failed coup attempt, on February 4, 2012, in Caracas.
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Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, left, and Bolivia's President Evo Morales attend the welcoming ceremony for the eight-nation Bolivarian Alliance bloc, or ALBA, summit at Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday Feb. 4, 2012.
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From left: Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega, Cuba's President Raul Castro, Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez and Bolivia's President Evo Morales attend a military paradeto commemorate the XX th anniversary of a 1992 failed coup attempt led by him when he was a lieutenant colonel in...
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Bolivia's President Evo Morales speaks during a ministers' swearing-in ceremony at the presidential palace in La Paz January 23, 2012.
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Bolivian President Evo Morales (L) speaks with his Foreign Affairs Minister David Choquehuanca (C) and Presidency Minister Juan Ramon Quintana during a ceremony to swear his new cabinet of ministers in, on January 23, 2012 at Quemado presidential palace, in La Paz.
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Bolivian President Evo Morales delivers a speech during a ceremony to swear his new cabinet of ministers in, on January 23, 2012 at Quemado presidential palace, in La Paz.
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Bolivia's President Evo Morales speaks during the swearing-in ceremony of his new cabinet members at the government palace in La Paz, Bolivia, Monday, Jan. 23, 2012. At back is a painting depicting Bolivia's colonial indigenous leader Tupac Katari.
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Bolivia's President Evo Morales, second left, and new cabinet ministers raise their fists during a swearing-in ceremony at the government palace in La Paz, Bolivia, Monday, Jan. 23, 2012. At left is Bolivia's Vice President Alvaro Garcia Linera.
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Bolivian president Evo Morales (R) speaks with vice president Alvaro Garcia Linera after Morales presented the government's annual report on his third year as president during a session of the national congress in La Paz January 22, 2012.
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Bolivian president Evo Morales (C) stands next to vice president Alvaro Garcia Linera and other officers and ministers as they watch a military parade in La Paz January 22, 2012.
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Bolivian President Evo Morales speaks during a session of the national congress in La Paz January 22, 2012, as he presents the government's annual report on his third year as president.
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Bolivian President Evo Morales (R) and Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez attend the plenary session of the ALBA (Boliviarian Alternative for the Americas) summit in Caracas February 5, 2012.
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