EU criticizes Bolivia's expulsion of Spanish diplomats


  • World
  • Wednesday, 01 Jan 2020

FILE PHOTO: Bolivia's interim President Jeanine Anez speaks during a news conference at the presidential palace in La Paz, Bolivia December 30, 2019. REUTERS/David Mercado/File Photo

LA PAZ (Reuters) - The European Union said on Tuesday it was "deeply concerned" about Bolivia's expulsion of Spanish officials caught up in an escalating diplomatic row between Mexico and the interim conservative administration in La Paz.

Bolivian stand-in President Jeanine Anez said Monday her administration had asked Mexican ambassador María Teresa Mercado and several Spanish officials to leave the country within 72 hours.

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