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Andean Group - February 2011 (ISSN 1741-4466)
POLITICS & ECONOMY: First <em>gazolinazo</em>, now <em>azucarazo</em>
President Evo Morales began his second year as head of the new
plurinational state of Bolivia (and his sixth in power) with his popularity at
an all time low. With his government's management of the hydrocarbons sector
under scrutiny over the recent gasolinazo (Morales's failed attempt at scrapping
fuel subsidies) [RA-11-01], his agricultural policy has now come in for some
major criticism due to soaring food prices. As was the case with the
gazolinazo the most potent challenge to the ruling Movimiento al
Socialismo (MAS) government is coming from its support base, the impoverished
majority, hit hardest by the price increases.
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- ECONOMIC OVERVIEW: PERU
- POLITICS & ECONOMY: First gazolinazo, now azucarazo
- POLITICS & DIPLOMACY: Neighbourly ties tested over asylum
- ECONOMIC OVERVIEW: BOLIVIA
- POLITICS: Power and principles come under the spotlight
- ECONOMIC OVERVIEW : ECUADOR
- POLITICS: Revolution by numbers
- ECONOMY: Lies, damned lies…..
- CONFLICT: The hurdles of the 'Victims' Law'
- ELECTIONS: The fight for Bogotá
- ECONOMY: The flavour of the month
- In the Amazon, money talks