Bolivia and the United States They will normalize their diplomatic relations and exchange ambassadors soonThe new Bolivian President Rodrigo Paz and US Undersecretary of State Christopher Landau announced on Saturday. Then-Bolivian President Evo Morales expelled the US representative to Bolivia in 2008.
Paz and Lando met after Paz’s inauguration in Bolivia He announced the beginning of a new era in diplomatic relations between La Paz and Washington. Leftist President Morales expelled the US ambassador for alleged domestic espionage, then expelled the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) and development agency USAID from the country.
He added: “We will restore relations at the ambassadorial level.”It is unusual that we do not have ambassadors. “This is an important step and I hope we can announce ambassadors very soon,” said Landau, the highest-ranking US diplomat to travel to the country in recent years.
This was also announced by Landau, who was his country’s ambassador to Mexico Washington expresses its readiness to cooperate in several areas with the new Bolivian government. “President Paz expressed his interest in maintaining good relations with the United States. In return, we also want good relations and I am sure we will do that,” the diplomat said.
For his part, Paz opened up the possibility of a DEA return. “All institutions, not only in the United States but also in border countries that want to work with Bolivia to make the country safer against illegal activities, will and will be linked to those countries,” he said at the joint press conference.
Last week, before taking office, Paz traveled to the United States to meet with international financial organizations and negotiate support to get his country out of the worst economic crisis in four decades.
Under the governments of Morales (2006-2019) and Luis Arce (2020-2025), Bolivia seceded from the United States. To be part of the Bolivarian Alliance of the Peoples of Latin America (ALBA) with Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela, whose bloc suspended the membership of the Andean country after peace talks with Washington.
Bolivia is the third country in the production of coca and cocaine after Colombia and Peru, and violence linked to drug trafficking has increased seriously recently, especially in areas bordering Brazil, the main destination for cocaine. Police reports claim that mafia linked to the Brazilian gangs PCC and Red Command operate in Bolivian territory.
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