Vote Fuels Bolivia's Divisions; a Referendum On a Gas Bonanza Takes Place Today
Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque) › July 19, 2004
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LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) - Bolivia's history has been shaped in large part by its geography of jungles and high mountains, and in modern times by cocaine. But its future may depend on what lies beneath.
A vast bonanza of natural gas has plunged the nation into a political battle that is exposing its fundamental fault lines - rich and poor, Indian and European, socialist and capitalist, plus old nationalist and anti-"gringo" instincts.See the full content of this document
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Vote Fuels Bolivia's Divisions; a Referendum On a Gas Bonanza Takes Place Today
It all comes to a head today with a referendum on what to do with the gas.
The dispute already has cost President Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada his job in a popular revolt nine months ago, sparked by his plans to expor...See the full content of this document
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