Bolivia’s President Evo Morales (center), flanked by Vice-President Alvaro Garcia Linera (left) and Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca, opens a meeting with other leftist Latin American leaders called after his plane was rerouted amid suspicions US fugitive Edward Snowden was aboard, in the Bolivian central city of Cochabamba, on Thursday (Friday in Manila). AFP PHOTO
COCHABAMBA: Bolivia’s president threatened on Thursday (Friday in Manila) to close the United States (US) embassy as leftist Latin American leaders joined him in blasting Europe and the United States after his plane was rerouted over suspicions US fugitive Edward Snowden was aboard.