President Evo Moraless: Evo Morales

Evo Morales: COCHABAMBA, Bolivia - President Evo Morales warned on Thursday that he could close the U.S. Embassy in Bolivia, as South America's leftist leaders rallied to support him after his presidential plane was rerouted amid suspicions that NSA leaker Edward Snowden was on board. , according to Winnipeg Free Press. Morales made his announcement as the leaders of Venezuela, Ecuador, Argentina, Uruguay and Suriname joined him in the Bolivian city of Cochabamba on Thursday for a special meeting to address the diplomatic row. Atanasio Ocampo, of Guerro, who says he painted his face the colors of the electrician workers union, holds a poster of Bolivia's President Evo Moraless during a protest outside the US Embassy in Mexico City, Thursday, July 4, 2013. Protesters gathered to publicly condemn the United States for its alleged involvement in the rerouting of the Bolivian president's plane, which was returning from Moscow, over suspicions that National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden was on board. AP Photo/Ivan Pierre Aguirre Morales again blamed Washington for pressuring European countries to refuse to allow his plane to fly through their airspace on Tuesday, forcing it to land in Vienna, Austria, in what he called a violation of international law. He had been returning from a summit in Russia during which he had suggested he would be willing to consider a request from Snowden for asylum. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.