LA PAZ, 16 Feb. Bolivian President Evo Morales, has said on Wednesday that the United States has "no moral authority" to criticize the fight against drug trafficking undertaken several Latin American countries for trying to enter "illegally" in arms and drugs Argentina. Morales has criticized the incident and U.S.
military aircraft that landed in Buenos Aires last week with war material and some narcotics that were not authorized by the Government of Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner. "If they can smuggle drugs and arms to Argentina How will other Latin American countries?" Asked the Bolivian president.
For Morales, this fact shows that the White House seeks to destabilize and destroy the democracy and legitimate and legally constituted governments in Latin America. " Morales has repeatedly warned not to allow the United States Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) to return to Bolivia, after being expelled in November 2008 with the U.S.
ambassador in La Paz, for supporting his alleged actions against organized government opposition. "The United States has no authority or moral right to speak and question the counternarcotics effort to carry on with Latin American nations," he insisted, as quoted by the official news agency ABI.
The Kirchner government has accused Washington of trying to smuggle weapons and some drugs within its territory through a plane that arrived last February 10 at Buenos Aires and had been authorized to enter Argentina with a given material. The exchange of accusations began when the United States expressed its discontent with the way local authorities took the case.
According to the Department of State, the military plane was carrying a group of "experts and training equipment, but Argentina claims that the aircraft was carrying objects that had not been declared. In this situation, Argentina has sent a formal protest note to the U.S. Embassy in Buenos Aires in which he says his "upset" by the "missing information" about the nature of cargo and by the fact U.S.
authorities "have not provided satisfactory explanations to clarify the presence of undeclared material and its use was to be put into the country again." 
military aircraft that landed in Buenos Aires last week with war material and some narcotics that were not authorized by the Government of Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner. "If they can smuggle drugs and arms to Argentina How will other Latin American countries?" Asked the Bolivian president.
For Morales, this fact shows that the White House seeks to destabilize and destroy the democracy and legitimate and legally constituted governments in Latin America. " Morales has repeatedly warned not to allow the United States Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) to return to Bolivia, after being expelled in November 2008 with the U.S.
ambassador in La Paz, for supporting his alleged actions against organized government opposition. "The United States has no authority or moral right to speak and question the counternarcotics effort to carry on with Latin American nations," he insisted, as quoted by the official news agency ABI.
The Kirchner government has accused Washington of trying to smuggle weapons and some drugs within its territory through a plane that arrived last February 10 at Buenos Aires and had been authorized to enter Argentina with a given material. The exchange of accusations began when the United States expressed its discontent with the way local authorities took the case.
According to the Department of State, the military plane was carrying a group of "experts and training equipment, but Argentina claims that the aircraft was carrying objects that had not been declared. In this situation, Argentina has sent a formal protest note to the U.S. Embassy in Buenos Aires in which he says his "upset" by the "missing information" about the nature of cargo and by the fact U.S.
authorities "have not provided satisfactory explanations to clarify the presence of undeclared material and its use was to be put into the country again."
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