LA PAZ (Reuters) - Bolivian President Evo Morales on Wednesday forgave France, Spain, Italy and Portugal for denying their air space to his presidential jet early this month, closing an incident that had riled leftist governments around Latin America.
Suspecting that Morales' official plane was also carrying U.S. fugitive intelligence contractor Edward Snowden, the European countries denied fly-over permission to Morales as he was heading back to Bolivia from Russia.
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