Mercosur Countries Recall European Ambassadors Over Morales Plane Blockade

Published on Friday, July 12, 2013 by Common Dreams

Mercosur Countries Recall European Ambassadors Over Morales Plane Blockade

Block announces it will be "inflexible" in the face of the aggression faced by Morales

- Andrea Germanos, staff writer

The countries of Mercosur—Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Venezuela—have agreed to recall their ambassadors from Spain, France, Italy and Portugal after the "aggression" faced by Bolivian President Evo Morales.

The countries announced their decision at a summit in Montevideo, Uruguay on Friday.

Earlier this month, a plane carrying Morales from Moscow to La Paz was forced to land in Vienna where it remained for 13 hours over suspicions that it was carrying NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden. Spain, France, Italy and Portugal were linked to the airspace blockade that forced the plane's reroute and delay.

The Mercosur countries also said they would be sending the European countries a joint note of formal protest "demanding explanations and excuses for the situation suffered by President Evo Morales."

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