Bolivia picks first US ambassador in 11 years
Issued on: 27/11/2019 - 07:36
Modified: 27/11/2019 - 07:36
Bolivia's interim President Jeanine Anez at the national congress in La Paz, Bolivia, November 24, 2019.
David Mercado, REUTERS
Bolivia appointed its first ambassador to the United States in 11 years on Tuesday, officials said, as the interim government resets the country’s foreign policy after the departure of Evo Morales.
Walter Oscar Serrate Cuellar has been given the key posting, the foreign ministry announced on Twitter, filling a position left vacant since a diplomatic spat between La Paz and Washington in 2008.
The high-profile appointment, which has to be approved by the Senate, comes as the caretaker government prepares to hold new elections that exclude Morales.
Morales’ Movement for Socialism party controls the upper house of Congress.
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