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Le Président bolivien Evo Morales

Bolivia’s President Evo Morales controls a soccer ball on the Sajama mountain, 6000m above sea level, in this photo taken June 12, 2007. A controversial FIFA ban on playing international soccer games at high altitudes has handed Bolivian President Evo Morales a rallying cause that is proving popular in the Andean country. Since world soccer’s governing body made the ruling last month, Morales has made getting it scrapped a personal crusade — donning his soccer gear for mountain-top kickabouts, calling emergency cabinet meetings and sending ministers to doorstep FIFA headquarters in Switzerland.