Mining Policy in the Morales Administration: Reactivation and Conflict
Part II: An Emerging Mining Policy for Bolivia On May 1, 2007, one year after the “nationalization” of the hydrocarbons industry, Bolivian President Evo Morales declared all Bolivian territory a…
Part 1: Cooperative Miners in the Nationalization Process: Explosive Politics
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 “recovering control” of…