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Land Owners Worry About Redistribution In Bolivia

Posted by: Nate Berg

23 February 2007 - 7:00am

A report from NPR looks at a plan to redistribute land in Bolivia. Land owners are wary of of the plan, despite the government's promise that it would primarily redistribute its own land holdings, and then that of prospectors and investors.

"Bolivian leader Evo Morales took office promising to redistribute land so that peasants could have their share. Expectations are rising among the landless, and anxiety is rising among land owners."

Full Story: Bolivia's Morales and Land Redistribution
Source: NPR, February 22, 2007
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