Bolivia

By Larry Habegger | Permalink | No Comments | March 15th, 2005 | Trackback

Weeks of road blockades have virtually cut the country in half and raised concerns that food will soon be scarce in many cities because produce cannot get from the eastern agricultural areas to the highlands. The protests are centered on the government’s proposed energy policy that would allow more foreign investment and thus, the poor Indian majority fears, allow outsiders to reap the country’s natural wealth with little benefit to them. Similar unrest in October 2003 brought down the government when dozens died in riots. The current situation could escalate into violence.

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