U.S. President Barack Obama should take part in the next Summit of the Americas in Panama, he should work to lift the six-decade embargo against Cuba, and while at it, return the U.S. Naval base in Guantánamo to the Caribbean island nation, Bolivian President Evo Morales said Thursday.
Three Latin American countries hold elections next month -- Brazil, Uruguay and Bolivia -- a crunch test for ruling leftists seeking to bolster budding dynasties in the face of a regional slowdown.
The Costa Rican Foreign Ministry said it deplored Bolivian President Evo Morales' comments on Feb. 7 claiming Costa Rica was a former colony of the United States and that the U.S. had disbanded the country's army, according to a statement released Monday.
Bolivia’s President Evo Morales claimed the United States had abolished Costa Rica's army. In actuality, Costa Rica abolished its own army in 1948, and the U.S. was not involved.
