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Q&A: Bolivia Limits Size of Estates in Land Reform Struggle
Franz Chávez interviews JUAN DE DIOS FERNÁNDEZ, head of land reform programme
LA PAZ - Voters in Bolivia, one of the countries with the highest concentration of land in the world, decided in Sunday’s referendum to limit the size of large landed estates, or "latifundia", to 5,000 hectares.
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BOLIVIA: New Constitution Marks Break with the Past
By Franz Chávez
LA PAZ - Bolivia’s voters approved a new constitution in Sunday’s referendum with around 60 percent support, ushering in further social changes under President Evo Morales, who will now be able to run for reelection in December, to a single consecutive term.
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BOLIVIA: Christian Groups Stir Up Debate over New Constitution
By Franz Chávez
LA PAZ - "Did you know they want to throw God out of Bolivia?" asks a television spot frequently broadcast by opponents of leftwing Bolivian President Evo Morales ahead of the Jan. 25 referendum on constitutional reform.
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ECONOMY-BOLIVIA: Strong 2008 Performance, Uneasy Start to 2009
By Franz Chávez
LA PAZ - The Bolivian government of Evo Morales enjoyed a third consecutive year of strong economic growth in 2008, but business leaders warn that the drop in commodity prices will hurt export revenues and lead to a rise in unemployment in the months to come.
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BOLIVIA: Diplomatic Clashes with US Worry Business
By Franz Chávez
LA PAZ - The United States’s decision to suspend tariff benefits for Bolivian imports as a result of the confrontation with the government of Evo Morales has generated widespread uncertainty among the business and working communities of the Bolivian capital’s satellite city of El Alto.
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BOLIVIA: Aymara Traders Mix Tradition and Modern-Day Savvy
By Franz Chávez
EL ALTO, Bolivia - Quietly and inconspicuously, Aymara indigenous traders are combining pre-Columbian traditions and modern-day survival skills to find unique ways of creating wealth and sustenance beyond the confines of textbook economic theory.
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LATIN AMERICA: Indigenous Reporting - Between Activism and Professionalism
Analysis by Diana Cariboni*
LA PAZ - Indigenous journalism would seem to be in a stage similar to what environmentalism experienced a few decades ago: born of necessity and protest, it is caught in a constant state of tension between activism and professionalism.
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LATIN AMERICA: Indigenous Journalists Plant a Seed
By Franz Chávez
LA PAZ - Journalists from indigenous communities in Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, Peru, Guatemala and Bolivia came together in La Paz to take the first step towards creating a network to work together and support each other.
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News in RSS Bolivia's voters approved a new constitution, ushering in further social changes under President Evo Morales. The new constitution recognises the cultural values, languages, right to govern and territory of the 36 indigenous groups who make up a majority of the population. However, a majority of voters in provinces where the population is more ethnically mixed voted against it. These provinces account for most of the country's natural gas production, industry, agribusiness and gross domestic product. The tension between both sides has not diminished.

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