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President Morales Kidnapped

'We're talking about the president on an official trip after an official summit being kidnapped. We have no doubt that it was an order from the White House. By no means should a diplomatic plane with the president be diverted from its route and forced to land in another country.'

Sacha Llorenti Soliz, Bolivia's ambassador
to the United Nations, after authorities in
Portugal, France, Spain and Italy
refused to allow a plane carrying
Bolivian President Evo Morales
to cross their airspace

 

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