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Thursday, March 02, 2006

Bolivian Human Rights Leader Barred from Entering the U.S.

In the Name of the War on Terror: Bolivian Human Rights Leader Barred from Entering the U.S.

Leonida Zurita Vargas, a Bolivian coca farmer organizer and alternate Senator, was planning to be in the US right now as part of a three week speaking tour on Bolivian social movements and human rights. This tour would take her to Vermont, Harvard, Stanford and Washington DC. However, upon checking in at the airport in Santa Cruz,
Bolivia on February 20th to fly to the US, she was informed her ten year visa had been revoked because of alleged links to terrorist activity.
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