Dion expected to step down this week…Liberal Leader Stephane Dion plans to step down as early as Monday to pave the way for a permanent successor who could lead a coalition government or lead his party into a federal election early next year if the Harper government is defeated.
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Bolivian leader Evo Morales on Thursday accused the US government of encouraging drug-trafficking as he explained his decision to banish the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).
Morales, a staunch opponent of the Washington government, said the staff from the US agency had three months to prepare to leave the country, because “the DEA did not respect [...]

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Agence France-Presse
Published: Thursday November 6, 2008
Morales says evidence will be presented to President Obama
Bolivian leader Evo Morales on Thursday accused the US government of encouraging drug-trafficking as he explained his decision to banish the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).
Morales, a staunch opponent of the Washington government, said the staff from the US agency had three [...]

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Bolivian President Evo Morales has announced he is suspending “indefinitely” the operations of the US drug enforcement agency in his country.
Mr Morales accused the agency of having encouraged anti-government protests in Bolivia in September.
He did not say whether its staff would be asked to leave the country, as coca- growers have been pressing him to [...]

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by Michel Chossudovsky
The secession of Bolivia’s Eastern provinces is part of a US sponsored covert operation, coordinated out of the US State Department, in liaison with US intelligence.

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By Haider Rizvi
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 24 (IPS) - Bolivian President Evo Morales reiterated the charge Tuesday that the U.S. government was plotting to overthrow his government and that Washington had a hand in the recent episodes of violence in which a number of his supporters were killed and wounded by opposition gangs.

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By Benjamin Dangl, AlterNet
Posted on September 23, 2008, Printed on September 24, 2008
On Monday, Sept. 15, Bolivian President Evo Morales arrived in Santiago, Chile for an emergency meeting of Latin American leaders that convened to seek a resolution to the recent conflict in Bolivia. Upon his arrival, Morales said, “I have come here to explain [...]

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The Associated Press
Wednesday, September 17, 2008; 12:16 PM
LA PAZ, Bolivia — Bolivian President Evo Morales says the United States has “no moral authority to talk about drugs.”
Morales sees pure politics in the U.S. decision to place Bolivia on an anti-narcotics blacklist, the latest turn in a diplomatic feud.
Morales pointed out Wednesday that the U.S. is [...]

Morales slaps state of emergency on Bolivian region
Bolivia’s President Evo Morales ordered emergency measures in one of five states where unrest against his rule has flared into violence, as the crisis engulfing his nation pulled in other Latin American countries and even the United States.
Morales issued the decree Friday that put soldiers and police in [...]

Venezuela to expel U.S. ambassador
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Thursday he is recalling his own ambassador from Washington and expelling the U.S. ambassador from Venezuela…
Also Thursday, Chavez accused the United States of having backed a coup plot against him.
“When there’s a new government in the United States, we’ll send an ambassador,” he said. “A [...]