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Bolivia's Vice President Alvaro Garcia Linera (L) gestures as President Evo Morales jokes during the swearing-in ceremony for Rebeca Delgado as the president of the Andean Parliament in La Paz, August 8, 2011.

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United States Charge d'Affaires John Creamer (L-R), Brazil's Ambassador Marcel Biato, Bolivia's Government Minister Wilfredo Chavez and Defense Vice Minister Felipe Caceres sign an accord to cooperate in the control of coca plant cultivation in La Paz January 20, 2012. The agreement...

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Presidents (front row, R-L) Rafael Correa of Ecuador, Sebastian Pinera of Chile, (middle row, R-L) Evo Morales of Bolivia, and Dilma Rousseff of Brazil, and Spain's Prince Felipe (back C), arrive at Congress to attend the swearing in of Ollanta Humala as Peru's new president, in Lima July...

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Presidents (front row, R-L) Rafael Correa of Ecuador, Sebastian Pinera of Chile, Porfirio Lobo of Honduras, (middle row, R-L) Evo Morales of Bolivia, Dilma Rousseff of Brazil, and Juan Manuel Santos of Colombia, and Spain's Prince Felipe (back R), arrive at Congress to attend the swearing...

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Presidents Dilma Rousseff of Brazil (top) and Evo Morales of Bolivia wave to a crowd as they arrive at Congress to attend the swearing in of Ollanta Humala as Peru's new president, in Lima July 28, 2011.

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Presidents Dilma Rousseff of Brazil (top L), Evo Morales of Bolivia (top R), Porfirio Lobo of Honduras (bottom L), and Sebastian Pinera of Chile arrive at Congress to attend the swearing in of Ollanta Humala as Peru's new president, in Lima July 28, 2011.

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Presidents (front row, R-L) Rafael Correa of Ecuador, Sebastian Pinera of Chile, Porfirio Lobo of Honduras, (middle row, L-R) Evo Morales of Bolivia, Dilma Rousseff of Brazil, Juan Manuel Santos of Colombia, and others arrive at Congress to attend the swearing in of Ollanta Humala as Peru's...

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Bolivian demonstrators burn a effigy of the Mayor of Yapacani David Carvajal, some 900 km (559 miles) southeast of La Paz, January 11,2012. Hundreds of demonstrators are protesting against the Carvajal, who is from President Evo Morales' party, for not launching enough projects to...

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Uruguay's President Jose Mujica, front left, Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos, front center, Peru's President Ollanta Humala, front right, Venezuela's Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro, back left, Bolivia's President Evo Morales, back center, and Unasur Secretary General Maria Emma...

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Bolivian riot policemen take cover to protect themselves during clashes with rioters in Yapacani, some 900 km (559 miles) southeast of La Paz, January 11, 2012. Hundreds of demonstrators are protesting against the Mayor of Yapacani David Carvajal, who is from President Evo Morales'...

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From left to right: Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos, Honduras' President Porfirio Lobo, Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff, Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez, Chile's President Sebastian Pinera, Bolivia's President Evo Morales and Ecuador's President Rafael Correa walk...

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Two women konwn as 'Amautas' or Spiritual Counselors, prepare an Andean ritual at the presidential palace in La Paz, Bolivia, Friday, Jan. 6, 2012. The so-called 'Amautas', or spiritual counselors, led the ritual organized to thank the 'Pachamama,' or Mother Earth, and to ask it for...

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Bolivia's Vice President Alvaro Garcia Linera, left, throws alcohol over an offering during an Andean ritual at the presidential palace in La Paz, Bolivia, Friday, Jan. 6, 2012. The so-called 'Amautas', or spiritual counselors, led the ritual organized to thank the 'Pachamama,' or...

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Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez (2nd L), Paraguay's President Fernando Lugo (L), Uruguay's President Jose Mujica (R) and Bolivia's President Evo Morales (2nd R) talk during a meeting at Miraflores Palace in Caracas July 5, 2011. Venezuela's President Chavez celebrated his nation's...

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Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez (C) gestures next to Bolivia's President Evo Morales at Miraflores Palace in Caracas July 5, 2011. Venezuela's President Chavez celebrated his nation's 200th anniversary of independence on Tuesday after a triumphant return from cancer surgery in Cuba...

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Left to right: Uruguay's President Jose Mujica, Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, Bolivia's President Evo Morales and Paraguay's President Fernando Lugo stand together during a meeting as a part of Venezuela's Bicentennial celebrations at Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela,...

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President of the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB), Hamid Ghodse, center, and Bolivia's Deputy Minister of Social Defense Felipe Caceres, left, hold a coca plant as soldiers eradicate an illegal coca plantation during a government organized press trip in Chimore, Bolivia,...

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President of the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB), Hamid Ghodse, walks by coca plants as soldiers eradicate an illegal coca plantation during a government organized press trip in Chimore, Bolivia, Friday Dec. 16, 2011. Ghodse is in Bolivia to meet with President Evo Morales...

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A helicopter carrying Hamid Ghodse, president of the International Narcotics Control Board, INCB, flies over coca fields in the Chapare region, as he arrives to attend the eradication of an illegal coca plantation during a government organized press trip in Chimore, Bolivia, Friday,...

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Soldiers cut down coca plants with machetes on an illegal coca plantation during a government organized media trip with President of the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB), Hamid Ghodse, unseen, in Chimore, Bolivia, Friday Dec. 16, 2011. Ghodse is in Bolivia to meet with...

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Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (R) gestures next to her Bolivian counterpart Evo Morales during a ceremony at the Casa Rosada Presidential Palace in Buenos Aires June 30, 2011.

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Yuriko Yasukawa (L), UN representative to Bolivia, speaks with Sergio Hinojosa, the chief executive of the National Council of Qullasuyo Ayllus and Markas (CONAMAQ), before the first Pluri-national meeting in Cochabamba December 12, 2011. Union leaders, heads of social organizations,...

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Bolivia's presidency minister Carlos Romero (R) and vice minister of social movements Cesar Navarro attend the first Pluri-national meeting in Cochabamba, December 12, 2011. Union leaders, heads of social organizations, governors, mayors and investors met with Evo Morales's government...

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Bolivia's oil and mine workers leaders attend the first Pluri-national meeting in Cochabamba, December 12, 2011. Union leaders, heads of social organizations, governors, mayors and investors met with Evo Morales's government on Monday to discuss futures state policies, according to...

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A student of the UPEA (Public University of El Alto) puts used fireworks on his hands during a demonstration in El Alto, November 30, 2011. Students gathered to demand Bolivian President Evo Morales' government for better conditions and an increase in their budget.