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Salar de Uyuni and REA - What´s Wrong with the Picture?

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July 9th 2010
Salar de Uyuni and REA - What´s Wrong with the Picture? by Ioulia Fenton, 9th July, 2010, La Paz, Bolivia An old joke goes that a worse thing than being exploited by capitalism is not being exploited by capitalism at all. Under-exploitation by capitalism could probably be placed somewhere in the middle and an example of it can be seen in the area around a small town of Uyuni in Bolivia. Starti ... read more

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Bolivia, named after independence fighter Simon BOLIVAR, broke away from Spanish rule in 1825; much of its subsequent history has consisted of a series of nearly 200 coups and counter-coups. Comparatively democratic civilian rule was established in 1... ... read more