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Bolivian army seizes Spanish energy company Iberdrola SA units

The Bolivian governemnt seized Saturday holdings by Spanish energy giant Iberdrola SA in the country.

Coca-Cola banned in Bolivia due to impending end of Mayan calendar

Bolivian Minister of External Affairs wants to ban the soft drink to end capitalism and usher in a new community-focused age.
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Want an ice-cold Coca Cola in Bolivia? Too bad. And you can blame the soon-to-be-ending Mayan calendar.
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Bolivia's Morales takes on US

President says the US is fanning protests to overthrow him.
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President Evo Morales is tired of his people's protests. (Stan Honda/AFP/Getty Images)

Bolivia and the U.S. still aren't getting along.

Bolivia, a massive coca producer, has accused the U.S. of fomenting unrest in an effort to overthrow the president.

The thing is, Bolivians haven’t been too happy lately with their government.

Some have marched in protest of a massive road the government wants to build through the rainforest where they live. Others are angry about poor infrastructure and housing, and recently blocked roads and burned tires in the capital, La Paz.

But Morales is convinced the superpower is behind it.

A Bolivian official said that the U.S. aid agency, USAID, was helping to destabilize the government and should be expelled from the country for its secret efforts.

GlobalPost on Bolivia: On a mission to legalize coca

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