One of the more unusual moments of President Obama's visit to Latin America -- a trip already replete with theatrics and odd moments from Nicaragua's Daniel Ortega and Venezuela's Hugo Chavez-- prompted him during his press conference today in Trinidad to respond to suggestions by Bolivian President Evo Morales that the United States may have been behind an assassination attempt against him Thursday.
"I just want to be absolutely clear that I am absolutely opposed and condemn any efforts at violent overthrows of democratically elected governments -- wherever it happens in the hemisphere," Obama said. "That is not the policy of our government."
During a meeting Obama held Saturday with the 12 leaders of the nations of South America, Morales asked him to repudiate the incident, during which Bolivian police killed three attackers, including an Irishman and a Romanian. - ABC News Story
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