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Bolivian president says he won't let DEA come back Staff and agencies

17 November, 2008

The socialist leader, a close ally of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, accused the Drug Enforcement Administration of "political aggression" in Bolivia, which is a major source of coca plants, the raw ingredient for cocaine.

Morales, the former leader of a coca growers union, also said Bolivia will seek to remove coca leaf from the U.N. list of prohibited drugs. While coca can be turned into cocaine, Bolivians use the small green leaf in its less-potent natural form as a traditional tea or for chewing.

The U.S. government has denied helping Morales' opponents, and warns that ending the DEA operation will result in even more cocaine being produced in Bolivia and shipped to other countries. The State Department did not have any comment on Morales' latest statement.

"The DEA will not return while I am still president," Morales said. "The DEA ... had an intelligence structure, but it wasn't so much to fight drugs, it had more to do with the political aggression against my government. ... In recent times, we've seen some officials of the DEA involved in political conspiracy."

"My great desire is to improve diplomatic relations, trade relations, cooperation" with the United States, he said.

He told the assembly he wanted to speak out for "deep-reaching economic and social change," saying his government is striving to improve the lives of all Bolivians.

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