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1. Article · Sep 24, 2026 · Benjamin Swift

   ‘You can’t just bet everything on exports’: as its gas runs out, is Bolivia doomed to repeat history? (opens the original)

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   A fossil gas boom that lifted millions out of poverty has collapsed and inflation is rising – but not everyone believes selling gold and soya is the answer Once hailed as the “energy heart of South America”, Bolivia’s economy was buoyed up by a fossil gas boom from 2006 to 2014. At its height, then-president Evo Morales commissioned a gleaming presidential skyscraper and installed the world’s longest urban cable car network in La Paz, the seat of government. Flush with cash, the countr

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2. Article · Jul 15, 2026 · Benjamin Swift

   Blockades, marches and human shields: Bolivia’s farmers resist as land opened up to industry (opens the original)

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   Indigenous groups organised mass protests over a series of deals by the president, Rodrigo Paz, that prioritise agribusiness and mining interests From her home in the Bolivian Amazon, Vivian Palomequi walked for a month and more than 560 miles (900km) to the capital, La Paz. She arrived in late April to protest over a law she fears would open the door to accelerated deforestation and land privatisation. “We declared a state of emergency and started marching,” says Palomequi, who leads a peas

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