Read more Evo Morales stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/7903/evo-morales.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 11:50:22 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/56611/obama-defends-handshake-urges-cuba-to-free-prisoners.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPresident Obama defended his friendly chat with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and asked Cuba to free its political prisoners, the Wall Street Journal reports. At the close of the Summit of the America's today, Obama brushed off Republican criticism, saying that turning a new page with Venezuela and Cuba represents...http://www.newser.com/story/56611/obama-defends-handshake-urges-cuba-to-free-prisoners.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 19 Apr 2009 15:59:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/56231/chilly-reception-awaits-obama-at-summit.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPresident Obama got a warm welcome on his recent Europe trip, but he shouldn't expect the same from Latin America, the Washington Post reports. At the upcoming Summit of the Americas in Trinidad and Tobago, the new president is likely to face some tough questions, and potentially awkward moments, as...http://www.newser.com/story/56231/chilly-reception-awaits-obama-at-summit.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 15 Apr 2009 9:35:50 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/56175/bolivian-president-wins-point-ends-hunger-strike.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBolivian President Evo Morales ended his hunger strike today after the country’s legislature agreed to pass a law further enfranchising his native constituency, Bloomberg reports. The bill passed after Morales reduced his demand for new indigenous voting districts from 14 to seven. “The Bolivian people will never forget this revolutionary...http://www.newser.com/story/56175/bolivian-president-wins-point-ends-hunger-strike.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 14 Apr 2009 15:23:20 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/55868/bolivian-prez-on-hunger-strike-over-voting-law.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBolivia’s president has vowed not to eat until the country’s senate passes a law some say would boost his reelection chances, the BBC reports. “Faced with the negligence of a group of neoliberal lawmakers, we have to take this step,” Evo Morales declared. The opposition is blocking a bill to...http://www.newser.com/story/55868/bolivian-prez-on-hunger-strike-over-voting-law.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 10 Apr 2009 11:15:52 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/49765/road-to-electric-cars-runs-through-bolivia.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAre we about to replace our dependence on foreign oil with a dependence on foreign lithium? Almost half the world’s supply of the mineral—essential for the light, rechargeable batteries electric cars need—is found in Bolivia, where nationalist sentiment is running high, the New York Times reports. Evo Morales’...http://www.newser.com/story/49765/road-to-electric-cars-runs-through-bolivia.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 03 Feb 2009 9:13:19 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/42225/latin-american-nations-reject-dea.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSome Latin American countries are pushing back against the US by cutting off DEA operations, the Christian Science Monitor reports. President Evo Morales, saying DEA agents "worked to conduct political espionage," gave them 3 months to leave Bolivia. Ecuador, meanwhile, has refused to renew the US lease on a key...http://www.newser.com/story/42225/latin-american-nations-reject-dea.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 10 Nov 2008 12:02:55 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/41538/bolivia-prez-shuts-down-spying-us-drug-team.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagLeftist Bolivian President Evo Morales has barred US federal drug agents from operating in his country after accusing them of "spying" and financing violent anti-government protest groups. He halted all Drug Enforcement Administration efforts to battle the cocaine trade in Bolivia, but stopped short of expelling agents. US officials called...http://www.newser.com/story/41538/bolivia-prez-shuts-down-spying-us-drug-team.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 02 Nov 2008 5:18:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/37349/us-slaps-sanctions-on-chavez-aides.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagEscalating the diplomatic crisis with Venezuela, the US has frozen the assets of three members of Hugo Chavez's inner circle it accuses of having links with drug-running Colombian rebels, the Wall Street Journal r eports. The sanctions follow the expulsion by Venezuela and Bolivia of their US ambassadors—a move...http://www.newser.com/story/37349/us-slaps-sanctions-on-chavez-aides.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 13 Sep 2008 5:48:12 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/37238/chavez-boots-us-envoy-go-to-hell-yankees.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIn a dramatic move in support of Bolivia, Venezuela President Hugo Chavez yesterday slashed diplomatic ties with the US, booting the American ambassador and calling home his envoy from Washington, reports Reuters. The socialist leader has also threatened to stop all oil shipments to the US—Venezuela’s largest customer—and...http://www.newser.com/story/37238/chavez-boots-us-envoy-go-to-hell-yankees.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 12 Sep 2008 4:11:10 CDT