Bolivia: The Poverty Of Progress

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b>Mining and Agriculture in Highland Bolivia: Ecology, History, and Commerce Among the Jukumanis by Ricardo A. Godoy, University of Arizona

Bolivia is the poorest, the most indian, the most isolated, and perhaps the most organized nation in South America. The

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Llama blood splashes onto the dry soil, spattering the walls of nearby adobe houses. The farmers of Río Palca, an