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		<title>Wright on Bolivian Lithium: Interesting, but Not Quite Right</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s not the first time a respected, established journalist has presented a selective view of events in Bolivia.  In general, Lawrence Wright’s New Yorker article “Lithium Dreams” covers a great deal of territory, but lacks objectivity and thorough research in some areas.
Some errors are simple and avoidable, such as misspelling Pablo Solón, Bolivian ambassador to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Part III: Bolivia’s Mining Rollercoaster: Negotiating Nationalization</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Aug 2007 10:57:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Re-inserting the State
Beginning in October 2006, the Morales administration has taken measures to reinsert the state into the mining sector, including the May Day presidential decree giving state institutions such as the mining company, COMIBOL, greater control.&#160; The administration also seeks to increase the state&#8217;s share of the earnings in light of skyrocketing prices for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mining Policy in the Morales Administration: Reactivation and Conflict</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Aug 2007 21:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ President Morales has announced plans to commence a new era in Bolivian mining in 2007. The year 2006 saw the highest mining revenue since 1985 and exports jumped from $346 million in 2005 to over $1 billion in 2006. Increased demand for minerals, in large part c from China and India, has revitalized the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Part II:  An Emerging Mining Policy for Bolivia</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Jun 2007 13:05:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Future mining concessions eliminated; pre-existing concessions remain intact
While stopping short of fully nationalizing the industry, the decree clearly asserts state control over all mineral wealth in the national territory and continues the process of &#8220;recovering control&#8221; of Bolivia&#8217;s natural resources, a key element of the President&#8217;s 2005 electoral platform. However the original interpretation of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mining Policy in the Morales Administration: Reactivation and Conflict</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Jun 2007 05:01:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Part II:&#160; An Emerging Mining Policy for Bolivia On May 1, 2007, one year after the &#8220;nationalization&#8221; of the hydrocarbons industry, Bolivian President Evo Morales declared all Bolivian territory a public mining reserve and reasserted state jurisdiction and control over all minerals, metals, precious and semi-precious stones. The state mining company, Bolivian Mining Corporation (COMIBOL) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Part 1: Cooperative Miners in the Nationalization Process: Explosive Politics</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 May 2007 21:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[While stopping short of fully nationalizing the industry, the decree clearly asserts state control over all mineral wealth in the national territory and continues the process of &#8220;recovering control&#8221; of Bolivia&#8217;s natural resources, a key element of the President&#8217;s 2005 electoral platform. However, unlike the &#8220;nationalization&#8221; of the hydrocarbons industry, which enjoyed widespread support throughout [...]]]></description>
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