Newly inaugurated Bolivian President Evo Morales began his historic, five-year term Monday by meeting with leaders from Cuba and Venezuela, two of Latin America’s harshest critics of U.S. policy, before swearing in a Cabinet largely made up of political radicals. Later, he gave Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez a portrait of South American independence hero Simón Bolivar constructed from coca leaf, the main ingredient in cocaine. Despite U.S. objections, Morales has long defended its cultivation. Full Story
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