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The White House’s proposal to suspend Bolivia’s trade benefits altogether is self-defeating.

President Evo Morales rejects a US request to fly anti-narcotics missions over Bolivia, state media reports.

Bolivian President Evo Morales on Tuesday said the United States has tried to thwart his political ambitions and, more recently, failed to condemn a pro-autonomy movement that uses "terrorist" tactics.

LDS Church moves missionaries out of Bolivia. The Associated Press quoted Bolivia's president saying soldiers have arrested an opposition governor inside the country on charges of organizing a massacre.

President Evo Morales struggled to assert control over a badly fractured Bolivia on Sunday as protesters set fire to a town hall and blockaded highways in opposition-controlled provinces, provoking gasoline and food shortages.

Sept. 13 (Bloomberg) -- The 12-member Union of South American Nations will hold an emergency meeting in Santiago on Sept. 15 to discuss the constitutional crisis unfolding in Bolivia.

CARACAS, Venezuela -- President Hugo Chavez says the U.S. ambassador has 72 hours to leave Venezuela and he's recalling his ambassador from Washington. Friday, September 12, 2008.

Bolivian authorities declared a state of siege to begin at midnight Friday in the eastern department of Pando, which has been the site of recent unrest.

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) _ Latin America's leaders rallied around Evo Morales on Friday as Bolivia's president fought to keep his Andean nation whole, but few backed his claim that Washington was inciting the unrest.

President Hugo Chavez ordered the U.S. ambassador to leave Venezuela in 72 hours and said he was immediately withdrawing his ambassador from Washington.