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Andean Group - April 2010 (ISSN 1741-4466)
POLITICS & ENVIRONMENT: Morales under pressure over 'extractivist' policy
Once again, the contradictions inherent in President Evo Morales's
declared economic priority of developing Bolivia's extractive industries while
professing a commitment to the environment emerged this month over its response
to mining protests. Uncomfortably for the government, the protests also
coincided with Bolivia's hosting of the “World People's Conference on Climate
Change and the Rights of Mother Earth", its latest effort to serve as global
rallying point for greater action on climate change.
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