Thousands of Bolivians gathered to welcome President Evo Morales home after his plane was forced to make an unscheduled stop in Austria—denied permission to enter the airspace of several European countries on suspicion he was harboring U.S. National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden.

Hundreds of Bolivian lawmakers, cabinet members and military personnel, as well as members of peasant organizations and unions, greeted Mr. Morales with cheers and confetti outside his jet at La Paz's international airport.

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