Quintana cited US reports on the drug war, counter-terrorism and human rights, saying they fail to recognize Bolivia's progress on "social justice, democratic rights, economic redistribution and fighting the narcotics trade."
The accusation comes amid the ongoing legal woes of an American businessman who was jailed in Bolivia for 18 months on suspicion of money laundering. Jacob Ostreicher was released on bond and placed under house arrest last month.
Ostreicher claims authorities trumped up the charges to extort money from him.
On Friday, the leftist Morales himself accused the US embassy of using Ostreicher's case to conspire against his government, suggesting Washington had used the case as a means of "political aggression."
http://www.alternet.org/progressive-wire/bolivia-claims-irrefutable-proof-us-embassy-meddling
http://www.cnn.com/2012/12/18/world/americas/bolivia-jailed-american-released/index.html
Supporters of the businessman, 53, who had been imprisoned for 18 months, say he faces death threats for exposing Bolivian government corruption connected with the case against him.
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Ostreicher was arrested in June 2011 on suspicion of money laundering tied to a rice-growing operation.
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Bolivian authorities arrested six government officials last month, accusing them of trying to extort and steal from Ostreicher.
Now some of his one-time accusers -- including former employees of the attorney general's office and the country's interior ministry -- are behind bars in the same prison where he was held.
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