US backs eastern secession in Bolivia
(English,
6 minutes,
created 57 days ago by
kuros,
broadcast date:2008-05-09)
Minority landholders vote for independence
Bolivia’s landowning eastern elite voted on Sunday for autonomy from President Evo Morales' central government. According to author Forrest Hylton the US government has spent up to $125 million dollars supporting the secession movement, a movement which has been disregarded by a large percentage of the Bolivian population as well as governments from Bolivia's neighboring countries.