End of preview - This article contains approximately 1326 words.
Subscribers: Log in now to read the full article
Not a Subscriber?
Choose from one of the following options
Back
Special Report - Dynasties II, 2009 (ISSN 17414474)
BOLIVIA: Difficult times for the elite
Historically Bolivia
has one of the most unequal distributions of wealth in the region; as late as
2008, the government claimed (based on United Nations Development Fund findings)
that there are some 100 feudal-style families who own 25 m hectares of land (out
of a total of 108m) in the country. However, with his implementation of a new
constitution based on redistributing wealth to Bolivia's poor indigenous
majority, President Evo Morales, who assumed power in 2006, undoubtedly
constitutes the biggest threat to the country's landed elite in
decades.
