American Held in Bolivian Blast

An American citizen was arrested in La Paz after bomb blasts in the Bolivian capital killed two people.

AFP reports:

President Evo Morales, a fierce critic of the United States, was outraged that a US national was arrested in the case.

"There is a battle against terrorism and the government of the United States is sending Americans to do terrorism in Bolivia," the president said at an event in the eastern city of Santa Cruz.

"A US citizen placing bombs in hotels ... What is happening?" he asked.

He then accused Bolivian landowners of involvement, and rallied supporters to defend his government, elected with a solid margin in December elections.

Vice President Alvaro Garcia Linera called the incident "alarming but isolated" and said it would "not affect the stability of the country nor the government."

How refreshing to have a vice president who seems level headed to go along with a president who talks like a moron.