Publication Date:
Mon, 2011-08-22 05:39
Morales says his government isn’t ruling out expelling the US Agency for International Development.
It’s not the first time Bolivia’s leftist leader has threatened to expel USAID.
His critics say he’s using the US agency as a scapegoat for trying to explain away opposition from indigenous groups in Bolivia’s eastern lowlands to development projects and oil and gas exploration.
Bolivia expelled the US ambassador and US drug agents in late 2008, accusing them of aiding his opponents.
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