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Judi Lynn

(160,545 posts) Sun Jan 26, 2020, 04:24 AM Jan 2020

Bolivia coup government suspends diplomatic relations with Cuba

La Paz, Jan 24 (Prensa Latina) Bolivia´s Acting Foreign Minister Yerko Núñez on Friday announced the suspension of diplomatic relations with Cuba.

Núñez stated at a press conference that this decision was due to alleged 'grievances' of the Cuban Foreign Minister, Bruno Rodríguez against the Bolivia´s interim government.

The de facto government headed by the self-proclaimed president Jeanine Áñez, since she usurped power in the context of the coup d'etat against Evo Morales, lashed out at Cuba, especially against the Cuban doctors working in that South American country.

Despite the Cuban doctors took a flight back to the island, the Bolivia´s interim government continues attacking and criticizing their solidarity work which has benefited hundreds of thousands of Bolivian families, especially the humble ones, as Áñez did on January 22 at the opening ceremony to celebrate the foundation of the Plurinational State

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Sun Jan 26, 2020, 04:41 AM

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LA PAZ (Reuters) - Bolivia has suspended its diplomatic relations with Cuba, the foreign ministry of Bolivia’s interim government said on Friday, marking a stark change in foreign relations sparked by a dispute over Cuban doctors in the country.

The suspension was due to “recent inadmissible comments” by Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla and the “constant hostility and constant grievances of Cuba against the Bolivian Constitutional Government and its democratic process,” the ministry said in a statement.

In November, Cuba’s foreign ministry said it was terminating its medical mission over what they said was mistreatment and slander by Bolivia’s conservative interim government against doctors by claiming they were instigating rebellion.

Bolivia’s interim foreign minister said at the time that “there have been a number of accusations that Cuban citizens have been involved in these aggressive acts that have tormented our country in recent days.”

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https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-bolivia-cuba/bolivia-suspends-diplomatic-relations-with-cuba-after-spat-over-medical-programme-idUKKBN1ZN1ZH?rpc=401&

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