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MADem

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65. Well, that's because he bent the Constitution to his will, and wiped his ass on it, in essence.

Wed Jul 3, 2013, 02:04 PM

Jul 2013

He said since the country reworked the document, then he deserved a "reset" and he was entitled to two terms starting with the new document. He got what he wanted, because he's popular.

At the end of the day, and his allowed time in office, one of two things will happen--he'll either go gently, or he'll wipe his ass on the thing again, and become one of those sometimes benevolent, sometimes autocratic dictators that are popular in some corners.

If you think Bolivia is "doing well" you haven't been paying attention. I suppose if you compare them to VZ, they're doing brilliantly, but the bottom has fallen out of the tin market, and they are just muddling along. Between trade with USA and energy exports to Brazil, they are maintaining. It's not awful, certainly, but it could be better.

We've been "out" of Bolivia for half a decade now--Evo booted our guy out, along with DEA. See http://articles.latimes.com/2009/jan/30/world/fg-bolivia-dea30 for more on that. We don't even have an ambassador there, now, we're making do with a Chargé d’Affaires (as is Bolivia, their guy is an Army General at their Embassy in DC).

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France, Portugal to allow Bolivian plane to fly through their airspace, Spain allowed refueling -NYT [View all] flamingdem Jul 2013 OP

... Austrian foreign ministry spokesman Alexander Schallenberg confirmed that Mr Morales's plane struggle4progress Jul 2013 #1

Also, Portugal first said they were having a technical problem flamingdem Jul 2013 #2

A lot of hooey alcibiades_mystery Jul 2013 #3

Morales is calling it a hijack, even though the Austrians had no idea why they landed! flamingdem Jul 2013 #7

Morales seems to be taking it in stride here: struggle4progress Jul 2013 #20

I read that he joked and said he had to leave the media interviews because flamingdem Jul 2013 #23

It was, a huge screw-up by the US. Morales has already contacted most of the leaders of S.A. sabrina 1 Jul 2013 #29

Read the thread and links, it was a lot of miscommunication flamingdem Jul 2013 #30

Sorry, it was a huge insult to the leader of a sovereign nation and it being taken as such sabrina 1 Jul 2013 #35

+100000000000 Zorra Jul 2013 #55

+ a million malaise Jul 2013 #57

Morales is on his way to being one of the longest serving Warpy Jul 2013 #51

Yes, I agree, there is a silver lining to our ME preoccupation in that region of the world. But our sabrina 1 Jul 2013 #58

Well, that's because he bent the Constitution to his will, and wiped his ass on it, in essence. MADem Jul 2013 #65

whata great face he has. KittyWampus Jul 2013 #56

Was tinder for rumours. Whisp Jul 2013 #24

Paint us unsurprised! flamingdem Jul 2013 #27

I know that they can be very shitty in Europe re: military flights, to include military passenger MADem Jul 2013 #49

When was the last time the President of a sovereign state was treated this way? sabrina 1 Jul 2013 #59

I've personally seen a "senior cabinet official" treated this way. MADem Jul 2013 #60

I don't engage in name-calling of the President or anyone else. Gave that up when I was around sabrina 1 Jul 2013 #61

I don't see you leaping to defend him like you do Old Evo, though. MADem Jul 2013 #62

+100 nt Mojorabbit Jul 2013 #68

Is he a vegetarian? flamingdem Jul 2013 #63

Ha ha ha! No, this was happening in Europe, actually. MADem Jul 2013 #66

this is nuts backwoodsbob Jul 2013 #4

I wouldn't be surprised if someone planted a whisper rumor in the right places. Whisp Jul 2013 #25

Well my first thought was Assange but then I wondered flamingdem Jul 2013 #28

could be anyone on twitter, actually. Whisp Jul 2013 #33

We got lackeys all over the world to do our bidding, they know where their petro dollars come from usGovOwesUs3Trillion Jul 2013 #5

Why is Pres. Morales calling it a hijack? The Austrians didn't know anything about why they landed flamingdem Jul 2013 #6

Translation error NoPasaran Jul 2013 #54

... A U.S. defense official said the Pentagon didn�t ask North Atlantic Treaty Organization allies struggle4progress Jul 2013 #8

Thanks. That's the first clear statement by the USA. This is going to wind down flamingdem Jul 2013 #9

It's weird. Conflicting reports all over the place. struggle4progress Jul 2013 #18

That Guardian article was written a while ago, the latest is that they're allowing the flights to go flamingdem Jul 2013 #21

or orchestrated. very easy to get people all excited over nothing. n/t Whisp Jul 2013 #26

Doesn't matter the Obama haters won't believe it still_one Jul 2013 #43

... "The ambassador for Spain in Austria has just informed us that there is no authorisation to fly struggle4progress Jul 2013 #10

From the same article - sounds like a lot of he said, she said flamingdem Jul 2013 #12

Some ambassadors need to get sent packing home from La Paz over this. Comrade Grumpy Jul 2013 #19

Could be. Dunno for sure what happened yet. struggle4progress Jul 2013 #22

Not ours. We don't have any. MADem Jul 2013 #50

... French government officials reached overnight said they could not confirm whether Morales' plane struggle4progress Jul 2013 #11

They're sound asleep and not aware of the brouhaha flamingdem Jul 2013 #14

Oh I would bet a lot that they have been roused from their beds. nt Mojorabbit Jul 2013 #31

Giant fuck up or Half-Century Man Jul 2013 #13

Meanwhile Snowden escaped! flamingdem Jul 2013 #16

Fuck if I know. Half-Century Man Jul 2013 #37

Although I do not agree with much you post Mojorabbit Jul 2013 #47

"What is happening now should not be - he never killed anyone or planted any bombs,� he added." Cha Jul 2013 #15

Not to blame Pres. Morales or Pres. Maduro but they were playing with flamingdem Jul 2013 #17

The world got a taste of blood and they want more.. Cha Jul 2013 #34

Tone will change due to the holiday flamingdem Jul 2013 #40

You are also not helping the President with this kind of post. nt Mojorabbit Jul 2013 #32

yeah, I notice facts have a way of upping ODS. Cha Jul 2013 #38

Guardian having a field day looking to push outrage flamingdem Jul 2013 #41

Oh yeah, it's open season on Pres Obama .. Cha Jul 2013 #42

Lol! I found this en espanol - it's all Bolivian ass covering due to their over reaction flamingdem Jul 2013 #44

"Overreaction".. 'cause they just weren't that into Cha Jul 2013 #46

Is this twitter to be believed? It's 2am in La Paz Bolivia flamingdem Jul 2013 #36

Speaking of Tweets, Flamingdem and not too OT.. Cha Jul 2013 #45

Hmm. Fight fuego con fuego flamingdem Jul 2013 #64

Exactly. Cha Jul 2013 #67

Question for frequent flyers, pilots on DU flamingdem Jul 2013 #39

I don't think racking up frequent flier points equips someone to be knowledgable about that stuff... Violet_Crumble Jul 2013 #48

Do you mean like Air Force One for example dipsydoodle Jul 2013 #69

... French officials denied Wednesday that France refused to let the plane cross struggle4progress Jul 2013 #52

... French Foreign Ministry spokesman Philippe Lalliot said Wednesday that Morales' plane struggle4progress Jul 2013 #53

K & R Scurrilous Jul 2013 #70