Bolivia accuses Austria of "kidnapping" its President'; acting at the bidding of the U.S.

[cali]

Bolivia accused Austria of "kidnapping" its president, Evo Morales, on Wednesday after authorities searched his plane during a stop-over in Vienna on suspicion he was taking fugitive U.S. intelligence analyst Edward Snowden to Latin America.

A senior Bolivian diplomat said the Austrians had acted at the bidding of the United States, which has been trying to get its hands on Snowden since he revealed details of its secret surveillance programs last month.

"We're talking about the president on an official trip after an official summit being kidnapped," Bolivia's ambassador to the United Nations, Sacha Llorenti Soliz, told reporters in Geneva.

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Bolivia will lodge a complaint at the United Nations.

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http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSBRE9610C520130703?irpc=932

[PDJane]

1. Bolivia should lodge a complaint with the United Nations.

[cali]

2. It plans on doing so.

[PDJane]

3. I'm disgusted with this, you know.

First of all, that 'tip' was just a damn rumour, secondly the USA is throwing its weight around to prevent asylum, a perfectly legal right for a political prisoner, and it's just irritating beyond belief.

[AnotherMcIntosh]

4. In 1812, our country went to war when England stopped our ships and searched them.

How is this not an act of war?

It's good that Bolivia will go to the United Nations, and it can thank FDR for his efforts to establish the UN while continuing Woodrow Wilson's efforts.

What are the odds that the UN will do anything?