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Bolivia for Sale: Damian Lewis reports


Bolivia for Sale: Damian Lewis reports

These are historic times in Bolivia with Evo Morales, the country's first ever indigenous president, being sworn into office in January 2006. Many of the reasons for his election victory can be attributed to a growing resistance to the economic model that Bolivia has been following since the 1980s. Characterised by the large scale privatisation of state owned enterprise and opening up of domestic markets, the policy has been blamed for huge rises in unemployment and continuing poverty. Large scale protests against water and gas privatisations in particular fuelled Evo Morales' victory. In 'Bolivia for Sale' Damian Lewis travels with Christian Aid to investigate the effects of privatisation in three key markets: water, gas and milk. More at: http://www.christian-aid.org.uk/world/where/lac/boliviap.htm Camera: Al Waterson

YouTube | May 24, 2007

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