Redeye

Crisis in Bolivia

| September 23, 2008

Show Notes:

Bolivia is rich in energy and mineral resources but the majority of the people are desperately poor.

This economic inequality started to change in late 2005 with the election of Evo Morales as president. Now Morales is fighting the landowners and other members of the elite who want him out.

We speak about the current crisis with Adriana Paz, a Vancouver-based Bolivian activist and journalist.

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