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IndianaGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-23-06 07:56 AM
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Update: US recalls Envoy because of Bolivia's bombing accusations
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Edited on Thu Mar-23-06 08:36 AM by IndianaGreen
I guess we don't have an ambassador in Bolivia, just the Charge d'Affairs. Unfortunately, the story is in Spanish and I don't have time to translate the whole thing because I have to go to work. In short, Evo Morales made some comments about the US government and the American with the vampire name that was arrested for the recent bombings. Now the Bolivian press says that the US government has recalled his envoy for consultations. As the Bolivian newspaper noted, this is the first time in 20 years that the US has recalled an envoy for consultations.

There is also some backtracking on the claim that the bomber was motivated by religion.

INCERTIDUMBRE | No existe certeza sobre los verdaderos móviles de los dos atentados. La Policía atribuye a causas religiosas, mientras el Gobierno a políticas


EEUU llama a su ministro a informar sobre alusión de Evo


Los Tiempos y La Prensa.- El Departamento de Estado de Estados Unidos convocó al Ministro Consejero de la Embajada de ese país en Bolivia para que dé un informe sobre las insinuaciones del presidente Evo Morales contra el Gobierno norteamericano por los dos atentados dinamiteros ocurridos la noche del martes y la madrugada del miércoles, pasados en La Paz, según confirmaron ayer fuentes del Gobierno de Estados Unidos.

Sería la primera vez, en los últimos 20 años, que un Ministro Consejero de Bolivia es convocado por su gobierno para ofrecer una explicación.

El presidente Evo Morales, contrariamente a los informes preliminares ofrecidos por la Policía y la Fiscalía en los que señalan como posibles causas, temas religiosos para los dos atentados, percibe móviles políticos en los atentados e insinúa que el Gobierno de Estados Unidos envía terroristas para desestabilizar la democracia boliviana.

"Un norteamericano metiendo bombas en los hoteles. El Gobierno de Estados Unidos lucha contra el terrorismo y no es posible que gente de Estados Unidos venga a meter bombas a los hoteles. Hay lucha contra el terrorismo del Gobierno de Estados Unidos o nos mandan norteamericanos a hacer terrorismo en Bolivia. ¿Qué está pasando?", dijo Morales en su discurso de inauguración de la campaña de carnetización en todo el país.

En su percepción, los atentados intentan reflejar una falta de autoridad de su gestión "para decir que Evo no controla". En ese marco convocó a los "sectores sociales en los barrios y los ayllus a organizarse "para defender la Asamblea Constituyente".

http://www.lostiempos.com/noticias/23-03-06/nacional.php



Another story on the bombing:

Police identified the suspects as Claudio Lestad, 24, of New Orleans, and Alda Ribeiro, 40, of Uruguay

<snip>

The fatalities were caused by the first explosion Tuesday night in the Alojamiento Linares hotel in La Paz's historic city center.

The hotel, an old colonial building with iron balconies, is frequented by foreign tourists, but police said the victims, a woman and a man, were presumed to be Bolivian.

An American, identified as Jessica Wilson, was treated at a hospital and released, authorities said. Police said the other injured were Bolivian.

Police said they managed to evacuate the second hotel before the blast hit at about 2 a.m. The hotels are about a mile apart along the narrow streets of downtown La Paz.

Ramiro Calle, an employee at the first hotel, said the two suspects checked in Tuesday night and the hotel was not very full at the time of the blast, which blew away parts of the roof and wall, shattered windows, destroyed an adjacent home and damaged parked cars.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/03/23/ap/world/mainD8GH0S280.shtml



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