Tag Archives: Evo Morales

Bolivia and Colombia now have something in common: frustration with U.S. trade policy

By Sebastian Chaskel | Published: November 2, 2008
Starting this weekend, and for the first time since 1991, Bolivia’s products no longer enjoy preferential access when entering the United States, unlike those from Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. All four countries had received tariff-free access for certain products under the Andean Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication Act (ATPDEA), a program designed during the George [...]
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Bolivia: The Santa Cruz Autonomy Referendum

By Michael Bustamante | Published: May 5, 2008
Yesterday, thousands of citizens in the eastern Bolivian departamento of Santa Cruz went to the polls, not to elect new leaders but to vote on a referendum demanding greater autonomy from their country’s central government, led by indigenous Aymara descendant and pillar of the Latin American new Left, Evo Morales.This controversial vote was the latest [...]
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