A dispute between the United States and the leftist leaders of both Bolivia and Venezuela has escalated with a series of diplomatic expulsions.
It began when Bolivian President Evo Morales ordered the US ambassador to that country to leave, after accusing him of siding with a violent opposition movement. In solidarity with Morales, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez expelled the US envoy to Caracas. The US State Department responded by ordering the Bolivian and Venezuelan ambassadors to leave. At the same time, the US Treasury has announced that it has frozen the US assets of two senior Venezuelan officials and one former US in diplomatic dispute with three Latin American countries ...
Venezuelans' assets frozen by US ... official, after accusing them of aiding Colombian rebels involved in drug trafficking. Honduras has also entered the fray, refusing the credentials of a new US ambassador there.
(Deutsche Welle)
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