Bolivian officials say their country's presidential plane had to land in Austria on Tuesday after false rumors circulated that former U.S. National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden was aboard the aircraft. Portuguese authorities wouldn't let President Evo Morales' plane land for refueling in Lisbon, Bolivian Defense Minister Ruben Saavedra told CNN en Español. French authorities also wouldn't let the plane enter their airspace, he said. "We are told that there were some unfounded suspicions that Mr. Snowden was on the plane," Bolivian Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca said. "We do not know who has invented this lie. Someone who wants to harm our country. This information that has been circulated is malicious information to harm this country."
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Bolivian VP: President Evo Morales is a "hostage of imperialism"
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Ecuador's foreign minister calls for a regional meeting over the matter
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Bolivia says suspicions that Snowden was on a presidential plane are "unfounded"
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The plane had to land in Austria after French and Portuguese officials wouldn't let it land
Right before the plane was about to fly over the @placeholder border, authorities there said they couldn't enter the country's airspace, again citing "technical issues," according to Saavedra.