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 Bolivian president says he won't let DEA come back 
#9262949 - 11/17/08 09:20 PM (15 years, 4 months ago) |
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Bolivian president says he won't let DEA come back
November 17, 2008 - Associated Press
 UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Bolivian President Evo Morales expressed hope Monday for improved relations with the United States under Barack Obama's presidency, but said he will never allow the U.S. anti-drug agency to resume operating in his country.
The socialist leader, a close ally of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, accused the Drug Enforcement Administration of "political aggression" in Bolivia, which is a major source of coca plants, the raw ingredient for cocaine.
Morales said his government would set up a new intelligence operation involving the military and police to fight drug trafficking in place of the DEA, whose Bolivian operations he suspended Nov. 1.
Morales, the former leader of a coca growers union, also said Bolivia will seek to remove coca leaf from the U.N. list of prohibited drugs. While coca can be turned into cocaine, Bolivians use the small green leaf in its less-potent natural form as a traditional tea or for chewing.
Bolivia-U.S. relations have deteriorated in recent months as Morales' government halted DEA activities and expelled U.S. Ambassador Philip Goldberg, accusing him of spying and involvement in anti-government protests in the eastern lowlands.
The U.S. government has denied helping Morales' opponents, and warns that ending the DEA operation will result in even more cocaine being produced in Bolivia and shipped to other countries. The State Department did not have any comment on Morales' latest statement.
Repeating his allegations, Morales announced the ban on DEA operations when asked at a news conference whether he would agree to a return of the DEA after Obama takes office.
"The DEA will not return while I am still president," Morales said. "The DEA ... had an intelligence structure, but it wasn't so much to fight drugs, it had more to do with the political aggression against my government. ... In recent times, we've seen some officials of the DEA involved in political conspiracy."
Noting that he was the first native Indian president of Bolivia, and that Obama is the first black president of the United States, Morales said, "I feel that the world has started to change."
"My great desire is to improve diplomatic relations, trade relations, cooperation" with the United States, he said.
Morales held the news conference after speaking during a General Assembly debate on U.N. reforms and achieving U.N. anti-poverty goals. He was the only head of state to address the session. All other speakers were ambassadors or lower-ranking diplomats.
He told the assembly he wanted to speak out for "deep-reaching economic and social change," saying his government is striving to improve the lives of all Bolivians.
Bolivia is the world’s third largest producer of coca, the raw material for cocaine. The US is the largest consumer of cocaine.
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Re: Bolivian president says he won't let DEA come back [Re: veggie]
#9263002 - 11/17/08 09:26 PM (15 years, 4 months ago) |
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Re: Bolivian president says he won't let DEA come back [Re: veggie]
#9263192 - 11/17/08 09:59 PM (15 years, 4 months ago) |
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 Good for him! I like this guy.
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Re: Bolivian president says he won't let DEA come back [Re: veggie]
#9263394 - 11/17/08 10:37 PM (15 years, 4 months ago) |
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Clearly, when the CIA and the FBI and the DEA and the ATF have corruption in their ranks, on a fascist ideology that goes against everything america stands for, and people are realizing it, this is what happens.
Politically correct is a contradiction as a matter of diction homies, sorry to sound all Tim McVeigh, but the ATF sucks ass and so does socialism too.
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Re: Bolivian president says he won't let DEA come back [Re: Cannabischarlie]
#9264551 - 11/18/08 05:00 AM (15 years, 4 months ago) |
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> As the one true Anarchist in the world
Delusions of grandeur, perhaps?
Simple truth is that the US has no business policing the world or forcing US values upon other countries.
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Re: Bolivian president says he won't let DEA come back [Re: Seuss]
#9265211 - 11/18/08 10:21 AM (15 years, 4 months ago) |
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Now, the trick is, getting the DEA out of OUR country.
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Re: Bolivian president says he won't let DEA come back [Re: prsnlJesus1036]
#9265376 - 11/18/08 11:05 AM (15 years, 4 months ago) |
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Quote:
prsnlJesus1036 said:
Now, the trick is, getting the DEA out of OUR country.
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Re: Bolivian president says he won't let DEA come back [Re: chiquita_burrito]
#9265712 - 11/18/08 12:36 PM (15 years, 4 months ago) |
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this guy knows what hes talkin aboutt
fuck the dea's corruption and all other goverment agencys
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Re: Bolivian president says he won't let DEA come back [Re: realmofyorkshire]
#9266175 - 11/18/08 02:12 PM (15 years, 4 months ago) |
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I like this guy. He doesn't seem as corrupt as other presidents, and it seems he is just looking out for his people. Like Morales, I also dislike how the UN has a say in drugs. If he legalized coke there, I bet tourism would go sky high. Either way, the corrupt US politicians are going to be pissed at him for speaking common sense.
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Re: Bolivian president says he won't let DEA come back [Re: prsnlJesus1036]
#9290224 - 11/22/08 03:44 AM (15 years, 4 months ago) |
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Quote:
prsnlJesus1036 said:
Now, the trick is, getting the DEA out of OUR country.
ps. his hand scares me!.. something about it gives me the hibbie jibbies
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