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Evo Morales opposes U.S. punishment of Bolivian
senator
LA PAZ, February 23 – Bolivian
President Evo Morales today defended governing party
Senator Leonilda Zurita before the international
community after she was prevented from entering the
United States under false accusations of suspected
terrorism.
“We are not terrorists or drug
traffickers,” Morales said in a speech of thanks for
the greetings of the accredited diplomatic corps,
during which he addressed the conflict posed by the
measure taken against Senator Zurita of the Movement
Toward Socialism (MAS), PL reported.
Contrary to his usual policy of
media exposure, David Greenlee did not attend the
event, lending credence to rumors of a crisis in
bilateral relations.
Morales expressed his concern at
what he called “veto, marginalization, exclusion or
punishment” used against his former
comrade-in-struggle, “our sister” Leonilda Zurita,
for having been denied entry into the northern
country.
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