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LA PAZ， July 29 (Xinhua) -- Bolivian President Evo Morales on Friday accused the United States of continuing to plot against his government via embassy personnel.


Bolivia expelled Philip Goldberg， the U.S. ambassador to La Paz， eight years ago， saying the envoy conspired to strengthen Bolivia's right-wing political opposition against Morales' progressive left-leaning government.


"Despite the expulsion...the U.S. government doesn't stop in its zeal to conspire against our democratic and cultural revolution，" Morales said through his Twitter account.


The complaint comes a day after Interior Minister Carlos Romero met with U.S. Charge d'Affaires Peter Brennan， who acknowledged having met with opponents to the government.


According to the Bolivian News Agency (ABI)， Romero told Brennan that the meetings with opposition leaders "antagonized" the bilateral relationship and were considered interferring in domestic affairs.


On Thursday， minister of the Bolivian Presidency， Juan Ramon Quintana， was on hand for the presentation of a book titled "BoliviaLeaks，" on U.S. attempts to derail Morales' first term (2006-2010).


As Bolivia's first indigenous president， Morales launched major reforms to empower the indigenous population， including nationalizing the oil industry， which had been under the control of foreign multinationals.


The United States considers Bolivia a nightmare， fearing our "process of reforms can spread to other countries on the continent，" said Quintana.




NEW YORK， July 13 (Xinhua) -- U.S. stocks closed mixed Wednesday， with the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 eclipsing Tuesday's closing records， as investors digested the newly-released Federal Reserve's Beige Book.


The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 24.45 points， or 0.13 percent， to 18，372.12. The S&P 500 edged up 0.29 point， or 0.01 percent， to 2，152.43. The Nasdaq Composite Index fell 17.09 points， or 0.34 percent， to 5，005.73.


According to the Fed Beige Book released in the afternoon， reports from the 12 Federal Reserve Districts indicated that economic activity has expanded in nine of the Districts since the previous Beige Book report and contacts in Boston were described as upbeat.


Analysts thought that the Beige Book showed U.S. economy was growing steadily， but not at a pace where the Fed would feel comfortable raising rates in the near future.


Meanwhile， oil prices were also in focus， which plunged about 4 percent Wednesday following previous day's solid gains， as official data showed a smaller-than-expected U.S. crude inventory draw for last week.


On the economic front， U.S. import prices increased 0.2 percent in June after rising 1.4 percent in May， while prices for U.S. exports rose 0.8 percent in June following an advance of 1.2 percent in May， the Labor Department announced Wednesday.

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