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Actor Sean Penn walks past a Bolivian soldier as he arrives for a meeting with President Evo Morales at the government palace in La Paz, February 15, 2012.

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Actor Sean Penn wears a necklace made of flowers and coca leaves as he meets with Bolivian President Evo Morales at the government palace in La Paz, February 15, 2012.

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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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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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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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Bolivia's President Evo Morales speaks during the first session of a summit by the eight-nation Bolivarian Alliance bloc, or ALBA, at Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday Feb. 4, 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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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.