Bolivia's President Evo Morales sings his national anthem during the annual May Day march in La Paz, Bolivia, May 1. Morales said Wednesday he is expelling the USAID from Bolivia for allegedly seeking to undermine his leftist government. (Juan Karita/AP)
4:45 pm ET -Morales has made other important policy announcements on May Day in the past, like nationalizing Bolivia's oil and gas industry. This is not the first time tensions have run high with the US.
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