Bolivia: President Proposes to Take US to International Tribunal
The diplomatic scandal in question took place on 2nd July when Morales plane was re-routed on its return journey from a conference in Moscow as several European countries denied him airspace mistakenly believing that former US Intelligence Agent, Edward Snowden, was smuggled on board. The Bolivian President has since accepted the apologies from the European states involved, but has attributed the incident to Europe cow-tailing to the repressive policies of the US.
In addition, the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA) -an organisation that brings together South American and Caribbean countries- has commissioned a legal and technical study to find out what legal arguments exist in order to prosecute the US for espionage. The diplomatic violation came to light when Snowdon leaked the extent of the National Security Agencys (NSA) surveillance of energy, military, politics, and terror, activity across Latin America.
While Morales has stated the importance of restoring US ambassadors in Bolivia, which have not been present since Ambassador Philip Goldberg and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) were expelled in 2008, he also claimed that there would always be mistrust.
He asserted that there is a look about the US, of pride, of submission, of using geopolitics for monopolistic purposes
It is never going to change
We must re-establish ambassadors, formalities, but we are not going to be trustful.
http://www.argentinaindependent.com/currentaffairs/newsfromlatinamerica/bolivia-president-proposes-to-take-us-to-inte
dipsydoodle
(42,239 posts)The issue was arrogance at its ugliest.
RoccoR5955
(12,471 posts)It should have been done sooner!
JustAnotherGen
(31,798 posts)I think this can't be overcome. He can try to bring the US to an International Tribunal - doesn't mean they will be effective - or that the US would show up. We don't have an Embassy there? At their request? We were expelled and complied peacefully? It seems like to them - this was the final nail in the coffin.
What would be the end game of a Tribunal? Sanctions? A call to end all trade with the US for all countries?
ETA: This is interesting -
midnight
(26,624 posts)sharply last week with several closings. Our willingness to shut these diplomatic corridors signal our International policies may not be trusted either....
truth2power
(8,219 posts)and whatever we're doing is legal, blah blah.
Evo better be careful or we'll drop a drone on his ass for being so impertinent.
midnight
(26,624 posts)RC
(25,592 posts)Someone has to take the lead to get the process started.
MyNameGoesHere
(7,638 posts)Tell me bout it. I just spent about a month traveling all over South America. The people are really great. They don't hate us for our freedoms (joking), they don't hate us for our debauchery, they don't hate us for anything really. They tolerate our government and understand we are trying our best as people.
But they don't trust us. Ouch that stings. I think I would rather they hate me.