Bolivia accuses United States of promoting protests

[Judi Lynn]

Bolivia accuses United States of promoting protests
By the CNN Wire Staff
August 25, 2011 -- Updated 0450 GMT (1250 HKT)

La Paz, Bolivia (CNN) -- Bolivia's government is accusing U.S. officials of meddling in the South American nation's internal affairs and fueling indigenous protests of a proposed highway project.

An influential Bolivian official called Wednesday for the expulsion of the U.S. Agency of International Development, accusing the agency of promoting actions aimed at "destabilizing" the government.

"The expulsion of USAID should be ... an act of sovereignty," said Juan Ramon Quintana, director of a Bolivian government development agency and a former top presidential aide.

His remarks came as hundreds of indigenous protesters trekked toward La Paz, protesting the proposed construction of a highway through a national park where indigenous communities live. Quintana showed documents that he said proved that officials from the agency were behind the movement.

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