BUENOS AIRES/CARACAS (Reuters) - Some of Latin America's most prominent leftists are accusing football's world governing body FIFA of banning star striker Luis Suarez as a ploy to sideline his Uruguayan team from a World Cup brimming with Latin flavour and European flops.
Suarez bit Italian defender Giorgio Chiellini and has been barred by FIFA for Uruguay's next nine competitive matches, meaning an immediate end to his World Cup campaign.
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