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Morales says US embassy in Bolivia is spying on him and targeting union leaders

FORMER Bolivian president Evo Morales accused the United States on Monday of spying on him and targeting indigenous trade union leaders through the US embassy in La Paz.

He said that leaders of the Six Federations of the Tropico of Cochabamba, including himself, had received information of a smear campaign being prepared against them.

“Our government should control those people who are spying on us, for the safety of the people. It is the government’s job. 

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