Bolivia orders U.S. ambassador expelled

Bolivian President Evo Morales ordered the expulsion Wednesday of the U.S. ambassador to his country, accusing him of fostering divisions in the deeply fractured Andean nation.

The move comes as tensions rise and violence increases in states opposed to the leftist policies of Morales. The president has regularly accused Washington and its ambassador of plotting against him, reports Patrick J. McDonnell.

Read the rest of the dispatch about Bolivia expelling U.S ambassador Philip Goldberg here.

You can read about how tensions have been rising in Bolivia here.

-- Deborah Bonello

Photo: A government office is targeted during a protest in the Bolivian city of Santa Cruz, where official sites have been sacked and burned. The city is the epicenter of opposition to leftist President Evo Morales. Credit: Dado Galdieri / Associated Press