Bolivia announces expulsion of US development agency

May 01 2013 16:32:24

Bolivia announces expulsion of US development agency

LA PAZ - Agence France-Presse

Bolivian President Evo Morales offers a press conference at a hotel in La Paz on April 16, 2013. AFP PHOTO/Aizar RALDES

President Evo Morales announced Wednesday the expulsion of USAID representatives from Bolivia, accusing the US development agency of meddling in the country's internal affairs.

"We have decided to expel USAID from Bolivia. USAID is leaving Bolivia," Morales said in a speech in La Paz's Plaza de Armas, referring to the US Agency for International Development.

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