The government of Bolivia on Thursday gave a period of up to 72 hours for the U.S. ambassador in La Paz left the country after being declared persona non grata, while Washington decided, in reciprocity, expel the Bolivian ambassador, in the worst Bilateral crisis.
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"When an ambassador is declared persona non grata he gets used to have 48 to 72 hours, and this rule (in diplomatic practice), but this time the ambassadors leave," he said at a press conference the Bolivian Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca .
The chancellor he said on Thursday that the diplomatic note was delivered to the United States simultaneously in La Paz and Washington, to comply with the decision of President Evo Morales, who on Wednesday called for the expulsion of Philip Golbderg, accusing him of supporting the protests against his regime in five of the nine regions of Bolivia.
Morales said the diplomat who promotes the "division" of Bolivia because-as-he supports the protests in the departments of Santa Cruz, Beni, Pando and Tarija, Chuquisaca, whose leaders rejected its new constitution, even without implementation, and to run formation of self-government liberal arena.
In solidarity with Bolivia, the Venezuelan president, Hugo Chávez, announced on Thursday that ordered the U.S. ambassador in Caracas, Patrick Duddy, to leave the country within 72 hours.
"Go to carajo, Yankees shit," said Chavez at a public event, ally and friend of Morales.
In previous days, the regime of La Paz had criticized Goldberg argued that the meetings in recent days of meetings with prefects rebels Ruben Costas (Santa Cruz), Mario Cossío (Tarija) and Savina Cuellar (Chuquisaca), before the outbreak of the protest demonstrations, which left eight dead.
Almost at the same time the chancellor gave his report of Bolivia in La Paz, in Washington the State Department reported that it was decided to expel the ambassador of Bolivia, Gustavo Guzman, a journalist automatically for reasons of reciprocity.
"In response to an action unjustified and in accordance with the Vienna Convention informed the government of Bolivia formally on our decision to declare the ambassador persona non grata Gustavo Guzman," said State Department spokesman, Sean McCormack.
The very McCormack told hours before that "the action of President Morales is a grave error that has seriously damaged the bilateral relationship".
United States rejected the complaint of alleged Morales accessions of ambassador to the positions of the five regions that meet rebel cuts routes for several days and where they have taken public offices and at least three domestic airports.
Washington revealed that its ambassador learned of the decision to Morales in the Quemado presidential palace, when held a meeting with Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca, at a time when talks on La Paz's decision to expel the U.S. anti-drug agency (DEA) Chapare coca growers, a red zone of drug trafficking.
Bolivia and United States have transited through a diplomatic incident marked, since Morales came to power in January 2006.
Morales came to power with Cuban leader Fidel Castro and the president Chavez opponents-festering U.S.-with whom we signed trade agreements and political Bolivarian alternative for americas (ALBA).
Also, Washington had to call emergency in late June its ambassador Goldberg, after which protesters lined up to officialdom tried to forcibly enter its diplomatic headquarters in La Paz, before the apparent complacency of the executive branch.
The last serious incident was in July when Chapare coca farmers, the cradle policy Morales, expelled the program uses that gave support in the reduction or redeployment of planting with licit crops.
