Tag Archives: Evo Morales

Venezuela, Nicaragua offer asylum to Snowden

Venezuela said Friday that he would offer asylum to the fugitive intelligence contractor Edward J. Snowden, who has been stranded in a Moscow airport searching for a safe haven. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/06/world/snowden.html?ref=world  “I have decided to offer humanitarian asylum to the young American Edward Snowden” President Nicolás Maduro said during a televised appearance at a military parade […]

South American states rally around Morales

South America’s leaders rallied to support Bolivian President Evo Morales after his plane was rerouted amid suspicions that NSA leaker Edward Snowden was on board. The presidents of Argentina, Ecuador, Suriname, Venezuela and Uruguay joined Morales in the Bolivian city of Cochabamba late Thursday and demanded an apology from France, Italy, Portugal and Spain. Morales […]

US et al interdict Bolivian presidential flight

Bolivia accused the United States of ordering European countries to block President Evo Morales’ flight from their airspace, and accused European governments of “aggression” by thwarting the flight. http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2013/07/03/world/europe/ap-eu-nsa-surveillance.html?ref=world   Morales sparked speculation during a visit to Russia after he said that his country would be willing to consider granting asylum to Snowden. Snowden is believed […]