[xerxes]

This story is like tmz for PolSci nerds.

[GreenTiger]

Zipperfish Zipperfish:

No saint, no traitor for me. Somewhere in the middle. He swore an oath of loyalty to the US as a former CIA agent. On the other hand the American government should have told people what they were up to.

[martin14]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-23174874


The other South American leaders are not impressed.

$1:

The episode sparked angry reactions from heads of state across Latin America.

Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner referred to "not only the humiliation of a sister country, but of the South American continent".

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro said on Twitter: "I reaffirm all our solidarity with Evo [Morales] and from Venezuela, with dignity, we will respond to this dangerous, disproportionate, and unacceptable aggression"

Ecuador's President Rafael Correa tweeted: "We express our solidarity with Evo [Morales] and the brave Bolivian people."

A statement by Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff said: "The embarrassment to President Morales hits not only Bolivia, but all of Latin America."