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Effects Of Land Reform In Bolivia

Jan. 3, 2010
Evo Morales, Bolivia's first indigenous president, is making good on his pledge to give land to the country's indigenous majority. How is the reform playing out on the ground, for wealthy families that have lived on their land for generations and for indigenous people who until now have been...
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