Bolivian President Evo Morales’ plane has been diverted to Austria due to false rumors that US surveillance whistleblower Edward Snowden was on board, Bolivian Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca has announced. France and Portugal refused to allow Morales’ plane, which was flying from Moscow back to Bolivia, to cross their airspace on Tuesday, Choquehuanca said. “The president was... 

Bolivian President Evo Morales Bolivian President Evo Morales has nationalized (stole) a Spanish company that operates the country’s three main airports. Morales said on Monday he had instructed the country’s ministry of public works, services and housing to take “full operational control” of SABSA, a joint venture of Spanish Abertis and airport authority Aena. He also ordered the military... 

Argentina and Iran signed a document on the establishment of a special commission, which will investigate circumstances of the explosion of a Jewish cultural center in Buenos Aires in 1994. Israel was outraged with the move and demands explanations from Argentinian President Kirchner. Argentina’s position is simple: if you are looking for justice, why not use all means to succeed. A car bomb... 

Bolivian President Evo Morales Bolivian President Evo Morales has nationalized a Spanish power company and ordered its seizure. On Tuesday, Morales issued the order nationalizing Transportadora de Electricidad SA (TDE), which is a subsidiary of the Spanish group Red Electrica Corporacion, AFP reported. Bolivia will now take control of 99.94 percent of the company. The company, which was privatized... 

Bolivian President Evo Morales Bolivian President Evo Morales says that Latin American countries are in rebellion against the United States after years of domination by their northern neighbor. He made the remarks on Monday in Cartagena, Colombia on the last day of the Summit of the Americas, which gathered leaders and representatives of members of the Organization of American States (OAS), which includes... 

A summit of nearly 30 Western Hemisphere leaders has ended without a joint declaration due to divisions over Cuba and Argentine claims to the Malvinas Islands. “There is no declaration because there is no consensus,” said Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos as the summit’s closing news conference. Washington, backed by Canada, stood fast against widespread demands to include in... 

A policeman outside the US embassy in La Paz, Bolivia Bolivian police officers have discovered firearms in a van belonging to the US embassy during a routine search in the country’s northeast. Bolivia’s Interior Minister Carlos Romero said that the firearms, including three shotguns, a revolver and more than two-thousand cartridges, were found in the northeastern city of Trinidad on Tuesday,... 

President of Bolivia Evo Morales speaks at a meeting of the commission on narcotics at the UN headquarters in Vienna, March 12, 2012. Bolivian President Evo Morales says he will shut down the American embassy in La Paz if Washington continues to interfere in Bolivia’s internal affairs. “If the US embassy continues bothering Bolivia, as it is doing now, then it is best we close the United States... 

McDonald’s leaves Bolivia healthier forever! After 14 years of presence in the country, and despite all the existing campaigns and having a network, the chain was forced to close the eight restaurants that remained open in the three main cities: La Paz, Cochabamba and Santa Cruz de la Sierra. It is a question of the first Latin-American country that will remain without any McDonald’s,... 

Bolivian President Evo Morales Tens of thousands of indigenous Bolivians have taken to the streets in La Paz to protest the construction of a road passing through a nature reserve in the Amazon River basin. Indigenous communities say that the construction of the road would not only endanger the environment of the Amazon, but would also encourage illegal settlements, the Associated Press reported on... 

Chilean Army A threat of wars on the Latin American continent has been markedly increasing. To put it mildly, uneasy relations of Venezuela and Colombia may become one of many. This includes historical ones that for some time were considered frozen. Now relations between Bolivia and Chile have worsened due to the fact that the latter refuses to provide the first traffic corridor to the Pacific Ocean.... 

Some countries Monday blasted the ongoing West-led military operation against Libya government forces, saying the air raids went beyond the UN resolution and must be scrapped immediately. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin severely criticized the U.S. role in the “Odyssey Dawn” operation against Libya. “The use of force against other countries became a steady trend in the U.S.... 

President Barack Obama greets deployed service members and civilians during a surprise visit to Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. During his visit he thanked the troops for all their hard work and dedication to the United States. Prior to Obama meeting the troops he flew to Kabul to meet with Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai. The Bolivian President and a Russian political leader have launched a... 

President Evo Morales confirmed Tuesday that drug traffickers have more technology and modern equipment than Bolivia’s police and armed forces, and he asked for help from the international community to address that deficiency. “By now, I have taken note that … drug trafficking has more technology than the national police, more modern equipment than the armed forces,” he said in a speech...