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"en.20050609.28.4-154"2
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". – Mr President, Bolivia is regularly troubled by civil unrest and is currently ‘on the brink of civil war’, in the words of its President, Mr Carlos Mesa. Violent clashes between security forces and protestors, calling for economic reform and more rights for indigenous people, have been taking place in the streets of La Paz. The fear of escalating violence is growing by the day.
Such clashes should come as no surprise to anybody, since the causal factors have been in place for a long time. First, there exists a huge and unjust discrepancy in wealth distribution. Secondly, the indigenous population, peasants, and the long queues of the unemployed are largely excluded from economic and political life. Thirdly, about 85% of farmland is owned by only 15% of the population, and fourthly, although Bolivia is thought to have the second largest gas reserves in South America, this natural resource is not sufficiently used for the benefit of the people of Bolivia and is to a large extent taken advantage of by foreign multinationals and a small group of elite beneficiaries.
All the above, and much more, has led to the potentially explosive situation that we see today. The resolution before you mainly calls for continued efforts to deepen and broaden democracy in Bolivia and urges the EU and its Member States adequately to support the government to bring about a peaceful and just solution and avert a catastrophe of looming civil war."@en1
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