Bolivian President Evo Morales announced that his government was renouncing a 1972 treaty with Israel that allows citizens of each country to travel to the other without a visa.
The Israeli offensive there, Morales stated, shows “that Israel is not a guarantor of the principles of respect for life and the elementary precept of rights that govern the peaceful and harmonious coexistence of our international community”. In other words the announcement means, Morales said, “we are declaring [Israel] a terrorist state.”
On Tuesday, three Latin American countries – El Salvador, Peru and Chile – all three nations have recalled their ambassadors from Tel Aviv, following the lead of Brazil and Ecuador, who had done the same last week.