People & Power - Bolivian Showdown - 30 April 08 - Part 1

Bolivia is the grip of a power struggle between the president, Evo Morales, and three of the country's wealthier departments in the east of the country known collectively as the Media Luna, who are seeking autonomy.

People & Power's Bob Abeshouse visits the east and west of the South American country and explores forces that could lead to violence and even civil war.

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[uru86]

Thieves, their primitive accumulation of native land has to be reversed. Garbage....

[harryfemten]

The so-called 'whites' look very mestizo to me

[maritza12341]

Para mi no son todos blancos son asi viven mestizos y castizos y rubios con indomeztizos opina verdad o falso

[maritza12341]

I feel both are rascit to eath other

[maritza12341]

Yo creo que Los indigenas y Los castizo son rascitas porque Los indigenas no saben hablar con traquilandad y se pone a pelear con ellos. con Los castizo de Santa Cruz de la Sierra, y Santa Cruz quiere progreso .

Opina si o no Es cierto.

[70857753]

Evo Morales takes land from the opposition and gives it to the poor. But he doesn't even TEACH the poor how to work their land!!! So the poor have land but they won't work on them. The poor who know how to work their land produce "coca" leaf. Which is the most powerful ingredient to produce Cocaine. So now Bolivia has become a Drug producing country. Kids and grown ups are now selling drugs on the streets, they are using guns, they are stealing.Why can't he invest in some education JESUS!!

[mrstupiguk]

The civic committee youth group remind me of the hitler youth. They even have their own swastika!

They can't win at the end of the day. All they can do if they're really persistent is provoke some larger scale bloodshed. Bolivia's never going back to what the elites have enjoyed for so long. Santa Cruz can throw its toys out the pram all it likes but the poor now know they have a voice and they're not going to forget. Stay strong Evo! You're not perfect but you're heart is where it should be!

[MACKATTACK1970]

30 families own 60% of the land.

That is unfair no matter how you judge it.

Too much greed will get you killed in the long run. The will of the people will overcome.

[TheALBERTHO]

LAS AUTONOMIAS SON PARA TENER A LOS 9 DEPARTAMENTOS COMO ESTADOS UNIDOS DE UN SOLO PAIS.

ESO ATIBUYE MEJORES DESEOS DE PROGRESO. como lo hizo los US.

[MrJophen]

I'm from western Bolivia and I fucking hate Evo Morales!!!!!!!!!! he is a fucking dictator!!!!!!!!

[petibatyo]

"leave the lands for the needy ones"

Don't be ridiculous. By the way, if you don't give me your house and money until tomorrow morning I will shoot you dead. How'd you like it?

[doncarlucci]

Todos sabemos,que la UJC, es un grupo para-militar de ideologia neo-nazi.

Son un grupo racista,que se dicen blancos, y son mestizos de verdad, no les gusta que se diga que tenen sangre indigena.

Pero tambien hay los que son hijos de extrangeros, y estudian en los países de origen de sus padres, y tampoco hablan Español. Y quando se van a bolivia es solo para promover la violencia y el ódio.

Resumiendo, son unos ignorantes.

Viva Bolivia!

Viva Evo!