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 LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) - A delegation of six U.S. senators led by incoming Majority Leader Harry Reid met Thursday with Bolivian President Evo Morales, seeking to smooth relations with the South American country's left-leaning government.
Relations have been tense partly due to Morales' friendship with Presidents Fidel Castro of Cuba and Hugo Chavez of Venezuela, and by Morales' background as the leader of coca growers fighting U.S. attempts to eradicate their crops.
In a news conference following the meeting with Morales, Reid said it was not an accident that he chose Bolivia as the first country to visit as Democrats prepare to take control of the U.S. Congress in the wake of last months elections.
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