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		<title>Bolivia President Expels U.S. Government Aid Agency</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[(LA PAZ, Bolivia) — President Evo Morales acted on a longtime threat Wednesday and expelled the U.S. Agency for International Development for allegedly seeking to undermine Bolivia&#8217;s leftist government, and he harangued Washington&#8216;s top diplomat for calling the Western Hemisphere his country&#8217;s &#8220;backyard.&#8221; Bolivia&#8217;s ABI state news agency said USAID was &#8220;accused of alleged political interference in peasant unions and other social organizations.&#8221; In the past, Morales has accused the agency of funding groups that opposed his policies, including a lowlands indigenous federation that organized protests against a Morales-backed highway through the TIPNIS rainforest preserve. In 2008, Morales expelled the U.S. ambassador and agents of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration for allegedly inciting the opposition. On Wednesday, he said Washington &#8220;still has a mentality of domination and submission&#8221; in the region. (MORE: Bolivian Buzz: Coca Farmers Switch to Coffee Beans) While Morales did not provide evidence of USAID meddling, funds channeled through it have been used in Bolivia and its leftist ally Venezuela to support organizations deemed a threat by those governments. There is not much aid left to cut, however. As U.S.-Bolivian relations soured and Washington canceled trade preferences, total U.S. foreign aid to the poor, landlocked South American nation has dropped from $100 million in 2008 to $28 million last year. Amid mutual distrust on drug war politics, U.S. counter-narcotics and security aid are track to all but disappear in the coming fiscal year Bolivia, a cocaine-producing country along with Colombia and Peru. In Washington, State Department spokesman Patrick Ventrell called Morales&#8217; allegations &#8220;baseless&#8221; and said the purpose of USAID programs in Bolivia has been, since they began in 1964, &#8220;to help the Bolivian government improve the lives of ordinary Bolivians&#8221; in full coordination with its agencies. He called the USAID expulsion a demonstration of the Morales administration&#8217;s lack of interest in a relationship &#8220;based on mutual respect, dialogue and cooperation&#8221; and regretted it would hurt Bolivians who had benefitted from programs focused on education, health, environmental protection and strengthening the legal system. Analyst Kathryn Ledebur of the nonprofit<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=world.time.com&#038;blog=19871253&#038;post=84763&#038;subd=timeglobalspin&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Hunt for the Vicuña: Can This Andean Creature Be a Cash Cow?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Dec 2012 13:47:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jean Friedman-Rudovsky / Titiri, Bolivia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jhonn Gonzales etches the attack plan into the dirt. His lookout gives a nod from behind binoculars, and the troop fans out silently across the parched plains. Then, commotion as the target appears: one dozen sprinting vicuñas — with 30 indigenous Aymara pursuers on their heels. Layered ankle-length skirts billow and native Aymara shouts fill the air as the villagers race after the pack, forcing them toward large nets. Cheers erupt when the last of the animals — a sleeker cousin of the llama — enters the corral. “It’s always a battle,” says Gonzales, a zoological engineer and adviser to Bolivia’s Association for the Commercialization of Vicuña Fiber or ACOFIV. “Today we won,” he says, out of breath. The curious event reminiscent of a campesino special-ops mission has an unlikely end result: providing the world with one of its most expensive natural fibers. Hundreds of thousands of vicuñas roam the Andean highlands, and villagers who share the oxygen-starved plateau are allowed to periodically round them up, quickly shaving the elusive camelids and then setting them free. The animal’s extraordinarily soft undercoat makes its way to Europe, where it’s turned into the ultimate holiday gift for your 1% friends: a $1,200 scarf or $65,000 poncho. For years, sale of the unprocessed fur has slightly boosted the standard of living in impoverished Bolivian villages. But these communities are frustrated that intermediaries and first-world clothing manufacturers keep the bulk of the profit. “Our goal now is to industrialize,” says Titiri resident Benedicto Guarachi, before turning his attention to Gonzales’ ground etchings. Industrialization is a common call throughout Latin America, as the region has perpetually sold off its natural resources to foreigners who profit greatly by turning the raw materials into a usable form. Bolivia’s first indigenous President Evo Morales vaulted to the presidency in 2006 with promises to end this trend. “The most important thing for us is industrialization, incorporating value-added into our natural-resource programs,” Morales repeated earlier this year at his annual weekend-long Cabinet strategy meeting. But progress has been slow, and it turns out that adding value is<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=world.time.com&#038;blog=19871253&#038;post=61562&#038;subd=timeglobalspin&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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