Bolivia's interim President Jeanine Anez looks at Bolivia's Foreign Minister Karen Longaric during a news conference at the presidential palace in La Paz, Bolivia December 30, 2019. REUTERS/David Mercado
LA PAZ/MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Bolivia's government expelled Mexican and Spanish diplomats on Monday, escalating a diplomatic dispute after Mexico's embassy in La Paz granted asylum to allies of Bolivia's former socialist president Evo Morales.
Bolivian caretaker President Jeanine Anez said her administration had asked Mexican ambassador María Teresa Mercado and several Spanish officials to leave the country within 72 hours and called them "persona non grata".
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