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This page is designed to keep you updated on the current events
of Bolivia.
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Bolivia
shifts tactics in its war on cocaine: Pres focuses on eradicating
means of making drug, and not on coca farming
(June 11)
"Since
Bolivia's new president, Evo Morales, assumed power in January, he
has continued his nation's war on drugs in the Chapare near Bolivia's
third-largest city, Cochabamba. But he also has antagonized the US
by shifting the focus away from the subsistence farmers who grow coca
leaf -- the raw ingredient of cocaine -- to destroying pits and laboratories
and confiscating chemicals needed to manufacture cocaine.
Complete
story available: Bolivia
shifts tactics in its war on cocaine: President focuses on eradicating
means of making drug, and not on coca farming San
Fransisco Chronicle
Bolivia
says near Argentina natgas deal-report (Posted
June 11)
"Bolivia
and Argentina are close to an agreement to significantly raise prices
for natural gas that Bolivia exports to its southern neighbor, President
Evo Morales said on Sunday, according to an official report."
Complete story available: Bolivia
says near Argentina natgas deal-report
Reuters
Bolivia
farmers plan for 'self defense'
(Posted May 31)
"Bolivia's
largest agribusiness group said Wednesday it would form "self-defense"
groups to defend land its fears the government will confiscate in
a proposed reform."
Complete story available: Bolivia
farmers plan for 'self defense' CNN
Chavez
says US working for coup in Bolivia (Posted
May 28)
"Venezuelan
President Hugo Chavez on Sunday accused the United States of trying
to stir up a military rebellion against his left-wing Bolivian ally
President Evo Morales."
Complete story available: Chavez
says US working for coup in Bolivia
Reuters
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