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Peru calls home ambassador to Bolivia after Evo Morales makes military base claims

Living in Peru
Israel J. Ruiz

Peru called home its ambassador to Bolivia on Monday after the country's president, Evo Morales lashed out at his Andean neighbor in a new series of comments and accusations.

On this occasion, leftist president Evo Morales claimed the U.S. was establishing and had established a secret military base on Peruvian soil.

Furthermore, the unpopular president, which is pushing to have his new constitution approved in a nationwide referendum, urged Peru's people to fight the presence of U.S. troops in their country.

While U.S. Marines are in Peru for humanitarian aid projects, both Peru and the United States have denied that there is not and will not be a military base in the Andean country.

"Peru rejects these declarations, an expression of this annoyance and rejection is that they have decided to call me to Lima," said Fernando Rojas, Peru's ambassador to Bolivia.

Tension has increased over the past several months between the two countries. Ambassador Rojas has expressed his concern, stating that he could not recall when the two countries had had such a difficult relationship.

Peru has two issues pending with Bolivia; the first involves Bolivia's approval of a modification of an Andean Community regulation on intellectual property.

Morales has already denied to modify the regulation, which would permit Peru to implement its free trade deal with the U.S.

The other pending issue is Bolivia's position on a free trade deal with the European Union. The EU is currently attempting to negotiate a free trade pact with the Andean Community as a whole.

Peru has already requested that the EU negotiate with the Andean country separately because of difficulties presented by Bolivia.

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# danidanado says :
1 July, 2008 [ 13:56 ]

Once again the moron from Bolivia is interfering in Peru's national affairs.  His Socialistic ideology and false accusations only reveal his true intentions which appear to be the destablelizing our beloved Peru.  I applaud the Govt. for recalling the Ambassador, and hope that Bolivians choose wisely in the upcoming referendum.

# Rachel says :
1 July, 2008 [ 14:08 ]

Mr. Morales should concern himself with the internal affairs of his country before sticking his hands into external affairs that do not concern him and throw out accusations that have no legitimacy.

He's the President of the poorest country in South America, maybe he's jealous that the U.S. is making house calls in Peru.

If he also loathed the U.S. so much, then he would not permit U.S. dollars to be used in his country.

This is what happens when an ignorant person is given a position of power that they are incapable of adequately fulfilling.

# Break up says :
1 July, 2008 [ 15:26 ]

Peru please just break all ties with these idiots.  Can you believe this jerk is holding up implementation of the free trade deal?  How much money is that costing Peru in lost trade every day it is delayed?  Figure out how to get around them, what sovereign country can tolerate this?  Imagine the US not implementing a free trade deal with Canada because Mexico didn't like something about it.  It would never happen.  Sovereign countries do not allow other countries to interfere in their business and internal affairs.  F Bolivia.