Bolivia, U.S. to restore full diplomatic ties

LA PAZ, Nov. 8 (Xinhua) -- Bolivia and the United States will restore full diplomatic relations at the ambassadorial level after a 17-year break, Bolivian President Rodrigo Paz Pereira and U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau announced Saturday.

"It has been very unusual not to have ambassadors in our capitals," Landau said at the presidential palace following Paz's inauguration. "This is an importa