"I want to remind the Bolivian electorate that if they vote for those who want Bolivia to return to exporting cocaine, that will seriously jeopardize any future aid to Bolivia from the United States," Rocha said in a speech that was widely interpreted as an attempt to sustain U.S. dominance in the region.
Ex-diplomat Manuel Rocha charged with serving as secret agent for Cuba's intelligence services
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former U.S. Ambassador Manuel Rocha by name, but said in a social media post that Washington fabricated a foreign threat for its own purposes.
Cuba accuses U.S. of inventing spy threat with ex-envoy's guilty plea
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