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- Why Bolivia's middle class feels left out by Morales
  Posted by Jeff from Christian Science Monitor
  While Morales remains a popular president, lawyers, teachers, police officers, and taxi drivers interviewed across the country claim he is governing for the indigenous only and say they disagree with his policies. Many are going to Spain. Others wonder where they fit within the "new Bolivia."
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- Bolivian protesters cut natural gas supplies to Argentina
  Posted by j1o2n3a4s5 from AlertNet
  The long struggle to resist water privatization, unfair gas contracts, marginalization of indigenous communities and the war on drugs has encouraged activism in Bolivia, making it one of the most dynamic sources of grass roots action in the continent, if not the world. It’s a source of great hope.
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- Morales Nationalizes Natural Gas Industry
  Posted by Billbar from Yahoo News!
  President Evo Morales nationalized Bolivia's natural gas industry and oil Monday, ordering foreign energy companies to send their supplies to a state company for sales and industrialization.
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- La Coca: An Indigenous Perspective
  Posted by Billbar from Alternet
  A Bolivian farmer explains the sacred relationship that exists between coca and his people.
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- Official wants coca fed to school children
  Posted by Billbar from Go.reuters
  "Coca has more calcium than milk. It should be part of the school breakfast," Bolivia's Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca said.
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- No Left Turn
  Posted by Billbar from New York Times
  It's argued that a lack of oil or gas revenue and foreign investment as well as Brazilian influence stymie Mr. Morales' leftist drive in Bolivia.
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- Bolivia elects first Indian leader
  Posted by Billbar from Reuters
  A Morales presidency will add Bolivia to a regionwide drift to the left that has seen leftist presidents come to power in Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Venezuela.
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Bolivia

Why Bolivia's middle class feels left out by Morales

Bolivian protesters cut natural gas supplies to Argentina

Morales Nationalizes Natural Gas Industry

La Coca: An Indigenous Perspective

Official wants coca fed to school children

No Left Turn

Bolivia elects first Indian leader

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