As I reported Saturday (Sept. 17) Bolivian president Evo Morales flew to Havana over the weekend, accompanied by Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez. Chavez is getting what he says will likely be his last chemotherapy treatment for an undisclosed form of cancer, while Morales was scheduled to receive an honorary degree in political science from the University of Havana.
The latter event went off today as planned, and Morales used his acceptance speech to opine that the United States is the root cause of the international drug trade, since it´s a major consumer of cocaine. Echoes, perhaps, of Mexican president Felipe Calderon's often repeated observation that his country's geographical proximity to the States is "like living next door to the biggest drug addict in town."
