Bolivian Defence Spending Increases

Sunday, January 23rd 2011 - 19:39 UTC

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The Bolivian government has increased its military budget by more than 120% during the last decade, increasing 64% during President Evo Morales five years in office, according to a report compiled by Bolivian journalist, Ruy D’Alencar Delgado, published in El Deber newspaper. Read full article

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briton
so does this work out to be good or bad, or no interest
Jan 23rd, 2011 - 08:17 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Redhoyt
Seems you end up with a lot of poorly educated people with guns .... sound bad!

What do their neighbours think?
Jan 24th, 2011 - 01:20 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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El Supremo
Another Chavez in the making ... and this one's 'joking' about re-taking 'the Atacama' ... lovely for Chile to have such a neighbour.
Jan 24th, 2011 - 08:50 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Zethee
“The Bolivian defence budget for 2011 is over 287 billion US dollars”

How does that make sence
Jan 26th, 2011 - 10:17 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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