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Peru bans Bolivia's Evo Morales as political crisis simmers
Reuters ^ | 09 Jan 2023 | By Marco Aquino

Posted on 01/10/2023 1:39:59 AM PST by blueplum

LIMA, Jan 9 (Reuters) - Peru barred Bolivia's socialist former president, Evo Morales, from entering its territory on Monday, Peru's government announced in a statement, a decision Morales later derided as an attack meant to distract from rights violations.

The move to ban Morales, along with eight other unidentified Bolivians, follows weeks of deadly protests in Peru targeting President Dina Boluarte...

...The statement from Peru's interior ministry said Bolivian citizens have entered the country in recent months to carry out political activities, violating immigration laws while undermining national security....

...Shortly after the ban was announced, Peru Prime Minister Alberto Otarola blamed Morales for stoking unrest....

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bolivia; boluarte; dinaboluarte; peru; regionalsecurity; socialism
coming on the heels of Brazil's riots, the commies are restless in Peru, while the number of Peruvians knocking on our southern border has tripled over 2020 numbers
1 posted on 01/10/2023 1:39:59 AM PST by blueplum
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To: blueplum

Wait - isn’t President Kamala fixing the ‘root causes’? Joe said she was doing a good job.


2 posted on 01/10/2023 1:47:19 AM PST by Apparatchik (If you find yourself in a confusing situation, simply laugh knowingly and walk away - Jim Ignatowski)
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To: blueplum

Is there a good guy in this power struggle? Or are these people just different shades of Marxism?


3 posted on 01/10/2023 3:08:37 AM PST by Thidwick (If a moose can figure it out, why can't a liberal?)
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To: blueplum

Right now that is about 12K Peruvians in all of 2022 who arrived in the USA


4 posted on 01/10/2023 3:27:28 AM PST by Cronos (.)
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To: blueplum

Back in 2015, Evo Morales gave Pope Francis a hammer and sickle crucifix.
Pope Francis thought it was quite divine.


5 posted on 01/10/2023 3:53:21 AM PST by lee martell
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I never thought I would live to see the day that there would ever be some kind of unrest somewhere in latin america


6 posted on 01/10/2023 6:28:00 AM PST by dsrtsage ( Complexity is just simple lacking imagination)
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