[news] Bolivia: Racked by Political Divisions on the Eve of Recall Vote

[Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed]

By Medea Benjamin - Znet

On one side of this struggle is the impoverished indigenous majority in the western highlands who, along with Bolivia's first indigenous president Evo Morales, are trying to redistribute power and wealth towards poor communities. Pitted against them is a mostly white elite based in the eastern part of the country who want to keep tight control over the nation's wealth and are using their money and control of the media to foment widespread discontent...[T]he U.S. government...is aiding and abetting the opposition.  


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