The Bolivian government is protesting a decision by the United States to block a close confidante of newly elected President Evo Morales from visiting the country. The woman — Leonida Zurita — is a leader among Bolivia’s peasants and coca farmers. The State Department said her visa was revoked after the U.S. government received “information” about her. On Thursday Zurita spoke to reporters in Bolivia: “When I deposited my tickets, my passport and the suitcase I was carrying, the secretary that worked for American Airlines told me “You cannot travel. It is an order of the ambassador (of the U.S.). What the letter that was presented to me said–I have read it–it talked about some articles–I don’t know which ones–and said that I could be involved with terrorism or associated with terrorism. I said if I was a terrorist then I should be in jail.” Earlier in the week it was revealed that the U.S. government has also been blocking an indigenous Bolivian professor named Waskar Ari from entering the country in order to teach at the University of Nebraska.