Bolivia 'expels' US ambassador
The Bolivian president has ordered the expulsion of the US ambassador for allegedly inciting violent opposition protests.
"The ambassador of the United States is conspiring against democracy and wants Bolivia to break apart," Evo Morales said at the presidential palace in La Paz on Wednesday.
The move came as anti-government protesters in several areas ransacked government offices and seized oil facilities and three regional airports.
The announcement by Morales also came hours after an attack by protesters on a gas pipeline in the south of the country cut natural gas exports to Brazil by 10 per cent.
Gordon Duguid, a US state department spokesman in Washington, said Morales' accusations were "baseless" and that the embassy had not received any request for Philip Goldberg to leave.
Morales said he had asked his foreign minister to send a letter to the US embassy asking Goldberg to "urgently return to his country".
In order to maintain an untenable position, you have to be actively ignorant.
Thursday, September 11, 2008
Bolivia 'expels' US ambassador
We can see clearly exactly who the 'terrorists' really are.