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« on: July 03, 2006, 04:26:37 AM »

http://torontosun.com/News/OtherNews/2006/07/03/1665746-sun.html

Bolivia prez fails to win majority
By SUN WIRE SERVICES

LA PAZ, Bolivia -- President Evo Morales' ambitious plans to empower Bolivia's indigenous majority and boost state control over the economy suffered a setback yesterday when his party failed to win control of an assembly that will rewrite the constitution, unofficial results showed.

The results were far short of the two-thirds majority needed to push through his party's leftist agenda.
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« Reply #1 on: July 03, 2006, 10:05:34 AM »

A thing to add:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/5138620.stm

"Meanwhile four of the country's nine regions seem to have voted strongly in favour of greater autonomy.

The president is opposed to the moves to give regions more powers.

Santa Cruz, Tarija, Pando and Beni states are all rich in the country's natural resources."

It seems these richer, conservative and opposition regions want to distance themselves from the nationalisation of the natural resources proposed by Evo Morales.
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« Reply #2 on: July 03, 2006, 10:32:36 AM »

Good
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« Reply #3 on: July 03, 2006, 11:47:06 AM »

A thing to add:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/5138620.stm

"Meanwhile four of the country's nine regions seem to have voted strongly in favour of greater autonomy.

The president is opposed to the moves to give regions more powers.

Santa Cruz, Tarija, Pando and Beni states are all rich in the country's natural resources."

It seems these richer, conservative and opposition regions want to distance themselves from the nationalisation of the natural resources proposed by Evo Morales.

Yep, good old Stratfor warned about this...if Morales pushes too hard you might just see a civil war and/or secession. I think ag posted about this at some point...
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« Reply #4 on: July 11, 2006, 01:35:19 PM »

I'm hoping for succession. We need new countries.
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« Reply #5 on: July 11, 2006, 02:14:03 PM »

I'm hoping for succession. We need new countries.
You just got Montenegro! Stop being greedy! Wink
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« Reply #6 on: July 13, 2006, 03:50:02 PM »

Myeh. Here's hoping it happens withn the next two weeks so I can get more stamps on m passport Smiley

(Coincidentlly, Chile has very cool stamps. Argentina's are extremely lame, and Uruguay's are OK.)
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