Bolivian Senator arrives in Brazil after being granted political asylum

Monday, August 26th 2013 - 07:30 UTC

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Bolivian Senator Roger Pinto, who had taken refuge in the Brazilian Embassy in La Paz, left the country in an official Brazilian vehicle escorted by soldiers, Brazilian Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman Ricardo Ferraço said on Sunday. Read full article

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golfcronie
Jesus Christ are they all criminals or corrupt in Latam?
Aug 26th, 2013 - 12:45 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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ChrisR
But don't forget that the Cowpat was / is a coca leaf farmer but denies it's a drug!

And the Cowpat has the whole of the SA “presidents” backing him over Spain telling him to piss off and take his airplane with him.

Yoe really couldn't make this shit up.
Aug 26th, 2013 - 01:11 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Mr Ed
If Dilma has sympathy for him wrt Morales, Bolivia is truly in dire straits.
Aug 26th, 2013 - 04:53 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Anglotino
He was snuck out of the country in a diplomatic convoy.

I'm still waiting for Assange to tell us about how lucky Pinto is, how he gave him advice and how bad the government he was running from was.

Or do such barefaced lies only work when it involves the US?
Aug 27th, 2013 - 12:57 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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ChrisR
@ 4 Anglotino

From my reading of it he certainly wasn't “snuck” out of it.

The official Brazilian vehicle was escorted by soldiers: I doubt very much if they were Cow Pat’s soldiers.

I suppose you could see this as an act of war! But Cow Pat can’t afford to upset Rousseff or anybody else for that matter.

Mind you, Assange really will be boiling about this. Why can’t Ecuador send an official car and soldiers to the UK for him: ha, ha, ha.
Aug 27th, 2013 - 03:17 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Anglotino
ChrisR

Snuck out insomuch as neither the Bolivian nor Brazil government was aware.

The fact that 2 Brazilian diplomatic cars with soldiers driving all the way to Brazil was not seen as notifiable by all the army checkpoints is also telling.

I bet Assange is spitting chips that he chose the wrong embassy. Especially when you see how much bigger the Brazilian Embassy in London is. Mind you, no balcony to pontificate from.
Aug 27th, 2013 - 07:15 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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ChrisR
6 Anglotino

Yes, I thought similarly about him wondering how this happened!

BTW I think the Cow Pat's soldiers know what's best for them and it's NOT the Cow Pat, hence no questions asked!
Aug 28th, 2013 - 02:15 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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