Former Bolivian president joins small list of leaders to wish Vladimir Putin a happy 70th birthday

Former Bolivian President Evo Morales wished Vladimir Putin a happy 70th birthday and called him his "brother" with Kim Jong-un the only other world leader to congratulate him

The former Bolivian president wished a happy birthday to Vladimir Putin (

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Former Bolivian President Evo Morales wished his 'brother' Vladimir Putin a happy birthday with North Korean leader Kim Jung-un, the only other world leader to do so.

Morales showed his support for the Russian president on his 70th birthday as Putin's army flounders in its invasion of Ukraine where it was forced to retreat east and south .

Russia's brutal attack on its neighbor has been widely condemned in the West, but Putin has received some support from Morales, who was Bolivia's leader for nearly 14 years.

Morales offered his best wishes to Putin and attacked the United States and NATO.

He tweeted: "Congratulations to my brother Russian President Vladimir Putin on his birthday.

Vladimir Putin has been widely ostracized within the international community since his invasion of Ukraine (

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"The dignified, free and anti-imperialist peoples are with him in his fight against the armed interventionism of the United States and NATO. The world will find peace when the United States stops killing."< /p>

Morales remains in politics and is ready to fight for the next general elections in 2025 for his Socialist Movement party.

As president, Morales had close ties to Putin. Bolivia has commercial interests with Russia whose state nuclear agency has built a center in the city of El Alto.

Bolivia is reported to have to repay a large debt...