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New York, April 22 (EFE) .- The president of Bolivia, Evo Morales, suspended today for his medical advice in a actoal that he planned to attend in the district of New York Harlem.

For health reasons the president may not be here today, said Carla Esposito, Counselor, Permanent Mission of Boliviaante UN, immediately before the start of the act to be developed in a ibaa Methodist Church of Harlem.

Speaking to EFE, the counselor said that Morales habiasido served by a private doctor in the hotel where he was staying and that, as far as he knew, he had recommended that he rest ysuspendiera acts that have had planned for today.

Thank you for your support and solidarity shown haciaBolivia, but I am the bearer of bad news, said Esposito wing audience gathered at the church, to adding that the president has passed a very difficult time.

A religious center that had come from both members of New York Latino community and the African American and comointegrantes the City Council and other local which were, however, to participate in other cultural losactos that had been organized.

Morales, who recently held a hunger strike casiseis days, is in New York where today he spoke to the plenode the UN General Assembly and defended his proposal to the United queNaciones declared April 22 the International Day of Earth Lamadrid.

In the afternoon, was scheduled to give a lecture Universal public Laiglesia Salem Methodist Harlem mismoasunto to treat, and to reflect on relations with the United States and Bolivia attempted to recover the wealth of natural susrecursos to finance programs against poverty, explained the organization. EFE

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