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Peru Withdraws
Ambassador To Bolivia
Lima - Peru withdrew on Monday
its ambassador to Bolivia, Fernando Rojas, in
protest against Bolivian President Evo Morales
calling the June 5 deaths of indigenous people in
Peru "genocide."
Peruvian Foreign Minister Jose Garcia Belaunde said
that the measure was "a redress manifestation for
the continued intromissions of the Bolivian
government on internal issues of the country."
Morales said on Saturday that the Free Trade
Agreement (FTA) and the deaths of indigenous people
during clashes with the armed forces in Bagua city
in the Peruvian Amazons were "genocide."
Peruvian indigenous people from the Amazons went on
strike two months ago, demanding the Peruvian
government to abolish some decrees that they
consider affect their rights to own lands.
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