Morales announces expulsion of USAID

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7. Posting USAID official statement on this

http://www.usaid.gov/news-information/fact-sheets/usaid-bolivia

The reason given for expelling them is remarkable for its bottomless stupidity. Stunning, actually. This guy is, bluntly, a drooling moron.
As to whether USAID is used by the CIA, well, I'd be surprised if it wasn't. The whole point of these programs is to spread US influence. Morales knew that all along; if he really objected to them, why did he sign a new agreement with them in Nov of 2011?
I'm going to guess: election coming? Has to be, I can't think of another reason to make yourself look so idiotic.
If there isn't one coming, well, that just makes this even more dumb. A place as poor as Bolivia should take help wherever it can get it, firstly, and secondly, if he really wants some support for Bolivia's push to get a sea outlet from Chile, this is not the way to go about it.
Foreign policy is about pushing your interests, not about making buffoonish displays of idiocy like this that do nothing to advance your country's agenda.