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Bolivia's President Evo Morales says three foreigners have been killed after he ordered police to thwart a planned assassination attempt against him.
Security forces killed three alleged international mercenaries in the city of Santa Cruz, Mr Morales said.
He said intelligence reports had warned of a plot by a group comprising Irish, Hungarian and Bolivian attackers.
Arriving in Venezuela for a summit, Mr Morales said two people had been arrested over the alleged plot.
The three were killed in a half-hour shootout at the hotel in Santa Cruz, some 900km (620 miles) east of the capital La Paz, Mr Morales said.
Foreigners killed
"Yesterday, I gave instruction to the vice president to move to arrest these mercenaries and this morning I was informed of a half-hour shootout at a hotel in the city of Santa Cruz," said Mr Morales.
"Three foreigners are dead and two arrested."
He added that the alleged plot had been to kill him, the vice president and a cabinet minister.
Bolivian Police Chief Hugo Escobar said two Hungarians and one Bolivian were killed in the shoot-out.
Earlier reports suggested unknown assailants had attacked the home of the Roman Catholic Cardinal Julio Terrazas of Santa Cruz with dynamite.
Interior vice minister Marcos Farfan said Wednesday's blast, which caused structural damage but no injuries, a "terrorist" act.
Thursday, 16 April 2009
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After the election of Obama and what seemed like a slow thaw in relations between the US and the left leaning governments of Central and South America it is disturbing to know that some groups, organisations or governments cannot accept that countries like Bolivia should be allowed to govern for the benefit of their people.
Lets face it, many of the population in Bolivia have had so little in the past. Evo Morales policies are aimed at making sure that all the people have dignity and "live well".
Unfortunately this plot against Evo was little reported in the British press and seems to be symptomatic with the indifference shown by the West to socialist policies in general
"Capitalism isn't Working" is the slogon of the moment in the UK but we all know that the fat cats and neoliberals of the world are still "living well".
Their philosophy still says that nothing should be allowed to interfere with their right to riches of the world. Even when the poor of the world have to bail them out when their greed has brought banks institutions and governments to their knees
Though you haven't been here in awhile, I thought you might like to know that the 5/11/09 issue of The Nation (a US weekly publication) has an article entitled "Mining Bolivia's Past," which describes the author's going underground with some Bolivian miners, plus commentary about the current challenges and hopes for Bolivia's society.
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