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12th September 2006, 17:25
Bolivia's Morales to bypass Washington
By DAN KEANE, Associated Press Writer Mon Sep 11, 9:43 PM ET
LA PAZ, Bolivia - President Evo Morales said Monday that his first trip to the United States since taking office will not include a stop in Washington.
The Bolivian leader leaves Wednesday for a three-nation tour that includes a visit to Guatemala and a three-day stop in Cuba for a summit of the global Nonaligned Movement. He is then scheduled to fly to New York on Sept. 17 for the
United Nations' annual meeting.
Morales told a news conference he plans to meet with world leaders while there, but will not visit the U.S. capital or meet with
President Bush.
Elected in December as Bolivia's first indigenous president, Morales has been a frequent critic of Bush and U.S. foreign and economic policies.
"Though I have not requested a meeting (with Bush), I would do so with pleasure," Morales said. "I would like to tell him some truths about human rights, about social problems, about economic problems, to tell him that sometimes aggression only creates rebellion."
Bolivian Vice President Alvaro Garcia Linera is currently in Washington for a three-day visit with members of Congress and State Department officials to discuss Bolivia's drug enforcement efforts and the extension of a trade agreement between the two countries that is set to expire in December.
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By DAN KEANE, Associated Press Writer Mon Sep 11, 9:43 PM ET
LA PAZ, Bolivia - President Evo Morales said Monday that his first trip to the United States since taking office will not include a stop in Washington.
The Bolivian leader leaves Wednesday for a three-nation tour that includes a visit to Guatemala and a three-day stop in Cuba for a summit of the global Nonaligned Movement. He is then scheduled to fly to New York on Sept. 17 for the
United Nations' annual meeting.
Morales told a news conference he plans to meet with world leaders while there, but will not visit the U.S. capital or meet with
President Bush.
Elected in December as Bolivia's first indigenous president, Morales has been a frequent critic of Bush and U.S. foreign and economic policies.
"Though I have not requested a meeting (with Bush), I would do so with pleasure," Morales said. "I would like to tell him some truths about human rights, about social problems, about economic problems, to tell him that sometimes aggression only creates rebellion."
Bolivian Vice President Alvaro Garcia Linera is currently in Washington for a three-day visit with members of Congress and State Department officials to discuss Bolivia's drug enforcement efforts and the extension of a trade agreement between the two countries that is set to expire in December.
Yahoo News (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060912/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/bolivia_us_morales)