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Evo Morales offers Snowden asylum in 'protest' against Europe; Spain denies searching Bolivian president's aircraft cabin
Monday, July 8, 2013 @ 5:40 PM

BOLIVIAN president Evo Morales has announced he will offer asylum to former CIA technician and whistleblower Edward Snowden as an act of protest against Europe after at least three countries refused to let his plane land.

Spain has denied refusing to allow Morales' flight to pass through its airspace or touch down in its airports after the leader of the Andean country was forced to wait for 13 hours in Vienna airport.

Portugal, Italy and France all denied him entry to their airspace amid suspicions that Snowden was on board.

Read more at thinkSPAIN.com



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