LatinNews Daily - 19 May 2011

Bolivia: A US congressional delegation met Bolivia's President Evo Morales on 19 February and said that while its members were in favour of extending the Andean Trade Preference Drug Eradication Act (Atpdea), they were "concerned" about Bolivia's growing ties to Iran. This followed Morales' announcement of plans to launch a new TV channel with funding from Iran. Jerry Weller, a Republican from Illinois, said that there was "a very high level of concern regarding the activities of Iran in Latin America" and that if this concern continues to increase in congress "it will become more difficult to extend these preferences in the future".